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1136: 178: 17: 1238: 1047: 614: 61: 1250: 1059: 48:. The design subsequently varied for decades after until the university's current coat of arms, largely resembling the original design, was finally adopted by the Board of Governors in 1975. Today, the university has approved multiple logos across its faculties and departments, including a separate coat of arms used by the 153:, England, thus establishing the university's right to the arms. However, the university did not formally adopt its arms until 1975, and until then the design had sometimes been employed with reverse colors, a single crown, varying martlet designs, multiple mottos and/or a surrounding banner with the 229:
The Macdonald Campus emblem consists of a shield with a scroll beneath it, like the university's emblem. The lower section of the shield contains a red hand holding a cross with two martlets on either side, all on a gold background. The upper section contains an open book with the university's motto
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The shield is divided into two sections. The lower section contains three red martlets on a silver background. The martlets were taken from the arms of the McGill family, and are always shown in flight due to the heraldic martlet being a mythical bird without legs. Above this section is a red banner
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The martlets and book are borrowed from the university's coat of arms, while the hand and cross are derived from the second quarter of Macdonald's arms. The clover leaves represent fertility, and their three segments represent the three purposes of the campus – agriculture, food and service.
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McGill University's official colour is red, specifically PMS 485 (CMYK: 100% magenta, 90% yellow) for printed work. The coat of arms in full colour would be printed in the following colours: PMS 485 for the martlets, PMS 871U for the gold book and PMS 877U for the silver crowns. The
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In 1956, Lord Lyon King-at-Arms of Edinburgh granted a posthumous coat of arms to James McGill. The same year, the coat of arms was also registered in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland. In 1992, the coat of arms was registered with the
114:("By work all things increase and grow"). According to the McGill University secretariat, the scroll's usage is optional, and should only be used when the coat of arms stands alone and is large enough for the Latin words of the motto are legible. 130:. Despite many varying designs over the last century, Nobbs' original design largely resembles that which is used today: a shield divided into two sections, the top containing two silver crowns separated by an open book with the Latin words 321: 237:
The MacDonald Campus arms were originally designed in 1939 by Dr. W. Whitehead. They were subsequently redesigned in October 1978 by Dr. R.B. Buckland, with assistance from J. Marok.
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representing Montreal's royal history and French origin. Separating these crowns is an open book, the heraldic symbol of an institution of learning, bearing the words
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have their own approved logo, which involves the superimposition of the McGill crest onto the capitalized letter "M".
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representing Montreal's surrounding mountains. The banner contains two silver crowns composed of
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comprises a shield with a scroll beneath it. It is derived from an armorial device
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on a silver background. Beneath the shield is a scroll containing the words
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Underneath the shield is a scroll with the words 'Mastery for Service'.
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The scroll below the shield contains the university's official motto,
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Award certificate from 1996 with McGill's coat of arms at the top
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device assumed during the lifetime of the university's founder,
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McGill University's coat of arms was first designed in 1906 by
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in between two gold clover leaves, all on a green background.
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is the official emblem of the university and derives from a
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McGill's named faculties have their own logos, such as the
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McGill University coat of arms, wordmark and colours
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coat of arms
McGill University
heraldic
James McGill
Percy Nobbs
McGill School of Architecture
Macdonald Campus

heraldic achievement
assumed
James McGill
fleur de lis
Percy Erskine Nobbs
McGill School of Architecture
martlets
Garter King-at-Arms
London
Latin
Chief Herald of Canada

wordmark
Garamond
RGB
Hexadecimal
Macdonald Campus
Sir William Macdonald
Desautels Faculty of Management
Schulich School of Music
McGill Athletics and Recreation

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