Coat of arms of the Royal Society
Date
1663
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 390mm
width (page): 292mm
width (page): 292mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Illuminated coat of arms of the Royal Society in its second Charter Book (1663). Red, yellow, brown, grey body colour; with silver and gold detail.
The coat of arms is specified in the Charter Book as follows: ‘in the dexter corner of a silver shield our three Lions of England, and for Crest a helm adorned with a crown studded with florets, surmounted by an eagle of proper colour holding in one foot a shield charged with our lions: Supporters, two white hounds gorged with crowns’. The translation is from The Record of the Royal Society of London, 3rd edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1912), pp. 83-84. The coat of arms and the motto, 'nullius in verba' were designed by John Evelyn.
The coat of arms is specified in the Charter Book as follows: ‘in the dexter corner of a silver shield our three Lions of England, and for Crest a helm adorned with a crown studded with florets, surmounted by an eagle of proper colour holding in one foot a shield charged with our lions: Supporters, two white hounds gorged with crowns’. The translation is from The Record of the Royal Society of London, 3rd edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1912), pp. 83-84. The coat of arms and the motto, 'nullius in verba' were designed by John Evelyn.
Object history
The coat of arms was granted to the Royal Society in its second Royal Charter (1663) and was specified as follows: ‘in the dexter corner of a silver shield our three Lions of England, and for Crest a helm adorned with a crown studded with florets, surmounted by an eagle of proper colour holding one foot a shield charged with our lions: Supporters, two white hounds gorged with crowns’. The translation is from The Record of the Royal Society of London, 3rd edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1912), pp. 83-84.
Related fellows
John Evelyn (1620 - 1706, British) , Diarist
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