5050 x 3360 px | 42,8 x 28,4 cm | 16,8 x 11,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
10 octobre 2008
Lieu:
Barbican Centre, City of London, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
Close-up shot of the City of London coat of arms . This coat of arms is the official logo of a public governmental organization in the United Kingdom.It has Argent a Cross Gules in the first quarter a Sword in pale point upwards of the last.On either side a Argent charged on the undersides of the wings with a Cross throughout Gules. Motto 'DOMINE DIRIGE NOS' - Lord, direct us. The shield combines the cross of St George with the emblem of the City's patron, St Paul, who, according to tradition, was martyred by being beheaded with that weapon. It is therefore likely that the City's shield, from its combination of the Cross of St. George with the Sword of St. Paul, was intended to symbolise England and London, its capital; the first cathedral having been dedicated to St. Paul in 605. There is no record of any grant of arms ever having been made to the City; the shield in fact, was in use a hundred years before the incorporation of the College of Arms in 1483. It is, however, recognised as authentic by the College, where the shield, without crest and supporters, is thus described:- The coat of arms is a heraldic device, and here it represents the guilds of the City of London. were associations of people with similar interests in a craft, business, or profession, and their purpose was mutual aid and protection. The term is particularly applied to two types of guild that flourished during the Middle Ages, the merchant guild and the craft guild The City of London is a geographically small city within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City’s boundaries have remained almost constant since the Middle Ages, and hence it is now only a tiny part of the much larger London metropolis. It is often referred to as the City or the Square Mile, as it is almost exactly one square mile (2.6 km²) in area. These terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's financia