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352: 28: 454: 466: 96:, working under the direction of university architect Charles Coolidge. An initial version had the book appearing without the division of the chief, however, it was noted that this would make it appear as though the book itself were being burned; the final version placed the book in chief to avoid this appearance. The arms were modified the following year with the addition of the motto 130:
According to the University of Chicago, "no surviving documents make clear precisely why the phoenix was adopted as the central element on the Coat of Arms, although several possibilities have been suggested". It has been hypothesized that the phoenix either signifies the "rebirth" of the University
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Since 2012, the University of Chicago uses a modified version of its arms which eliminates the chief and makes the book appear suspended directly over the flame-engulfed Phoenix. The tinctures are also suppressed to two: Gules and Argent. This modified version of the arms, when used in tandem with
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Argent, a phoenix displayed Gules, langued Azure, in flame proper. On a chief Gules, a book expanded proper, edged and bound Or. On dexter page of book the words Crescat scientia, inscribed, three lines in pesse Sable. On sinister page the words, vita excolatur, inscribed, three lines in pesse
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Argent, a phoenix displayed Gules, langued Azure, in flame proper. On a chief Gules, a book expanded proper, edged and bound Or. On dexter page of book the words Crescat scientia, inscribed, three lines in pesse Sable. On sinister page the words, vita excolatur, inscribed, three lines in pesse
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The coat of arms of the University of Chicago was assumed by resolution of the university's board of trustees on August 15, 1910. The blazon was devised by
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of Chicago, recalling an earlier - but unrelated - University of Chicago that existed in the city from 1856 to 1886, or it may represent the
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Armiger
University of Chicago
Shield
assumed
heraldic achievement
University of Chicago
Pierre de Chaignon la Rose
City of Chicago
Great Chicago Fire
Heraldry




"University Emblems"
University of Chicago
the original


"The Phoenix and the Book"



"Logo"
University of Chicago
the original
The University of Chicago: An Official Guide
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