The University Arms, whose background colour is azure, contains a gold-edged open book at its centre, on which is inscribed Disce Doce (Learn and Teach). On either side is a sheaf of eight silver ...

A coat of arms consists of a shield on which rests a helmet, which is topped off by an often elaborate, precariously balanced flourish — the crest. This was simply a way of making a knight look taller ...