U.S. Heraldic Registry
Registration of contemporary and historical American heraldry
Brown University
Registration number 20061022N
This certifies that the heraldic arms of Brown University are registered as an original design and are described by the blazon below
Arms: Argent, a cross Gules between four open books of the first, bound of the second.
Crest: A demi-sun issuant radiant Or through clouds Argent.
Motto: In Deo Speramus.
Source
Martha Mitchell’s Encyclopedia Brunoniana
Design rationale
It is supposed that the red cross is the cross of St. George, that the four books denote learning, and that the crest symbolizes the rays of the sun of learning piercing the clouds of ignorance.
Registered by
Michael Swanson
Categories
Roll of Arms
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