File:Shield of the University of Sheffield.svg

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Summary

Coat of arms InfoField	English: University of Sheffield
Blazon InfoField	English: Azure, an open book proper, edged or, inscribed with the words 'Disce Doce', between in fess two sheaves of eight arrows interlaced saltireways and banded argent, in chief an open crown or, and in base a rose also argent, barbed and seeded proper.
Date	11 May 2020
Object history	English: The coat of arms of the University of Sheffield.
Artist InfoField	Shadowssettle
Source	Own work This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Ducal crown (heraldic).svg (by Wikimandia). This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Yorkshire rose.svg (by Booyabazooka). This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: SVG coat of arms elements - books 00.svg (by Eugenio Hansen, OFS).
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This coat of arms was created with Inkscape.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:51, 10 September 2020	578 × 703 (185 KB)	Chanpeter	Crown and book
	04:23, 9 September 2020	576 × 701 (123 KB)	Chanpeter	Sheaves of arrows updated.
	03:29, 9 September 2020	576 × 701 (151 KB)	Chanpeter	Background colour corrected. See https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/about/history
	11:22, 24 June 2020	576 × 701 (278 KB)	Shadowssettle	Thick border doesn't work well with simple arms, reduce border width
	18:25, 22 June 2020	578 × 703 (278 KB)	Shadowssettle	tidy and thicker border
	09:30, 19 June 2020	575 × 701 (278 KB)	Shadowssettle	Fix green petals
	09:29, 19 June 2020	575 × 701 (278 KB)	Shadowssettle	Add green petals to rose
	09:35, 16 May 2020	575 × 701 (278 KB)	Shadowssettle	Book shadowing
	09:18, 16 May 2020	575 × 701 (276 KB)	Shadowssettle	Uploaded own work with UploadWizard