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- Remarkably, the two main books on the Harvard shield face up while the book at the bottom faces down. This signifies the need for the Almighty’s revelation and limits of reason. With the school having been secularized, the present shield now only has the name “Veritas” and three open books.
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May 28, 2015 · Below that is a crude drawing: a shield, three books, and that one Latin word. The details of objects and architectural elements are revealed close up in Harvard University’s Loeb House. The house was built and donated to the University by Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877.
On Sept. 8, 1836, at Harvard’s Bicentennial celebration, it was announced that President Josiah Quincy had found the first rough sketch of the College arms—a shield with the Latin motto “VERITAS” (“Verity” or “Truth”) on three books—while researching his History of Harvard University in the College Archives.
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Jan 7, 2014 · At some point in Harvard’s history the motto was changed to simply “Truth” and the seal changed to that pictured below: In the modern Harvard seal notice all three books now face up. This symbolizes a belief that there is no limit to man’s reasoning and God’s revelation is no longer needed.
May 14, 2015 · The Harvard “arms” — a shield, three books, and the word Veritas — are the decorative version of the University seal, which remains a legal device for authenticating documents. Some variant of the arms can be seen anywhere at Harvard: above gates and doorways, carved into wood, sculpted in stone, molded in plaster, rendered in wrought ...
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Interestingly, the top two books on the shield are face up while the bottom book is face down. This symbolizes the limits of reason, and the need for God’s revelation. With the secularization of the school, the current shield now contains only the word “Veritas” with three open books.
Dec 1, 2020 · The shield is bordered by the motto CHRISTO ET ECCLESIÆ and the outer border bears the inscription: SIGILLVM ACADEMIÆ HARVARDINÆ IN NOV. ANG. Harvard’s current seal combines elements of the Appleton seal with the Harvard arms designed by Pierre la Rose in the 1930s.
