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Image:ColumbiaSeal.jpg|The [[Columbia College]] Seal (used by the University) | Image:ColumbiaSeal.jpg|The [[Columbia College]] Seal (used by the University) | ||
Image:MedicalSeal.jpg|The [[College of Physicians and Surgeons]] Seal | Image:MedicalSeal.jpg|The [[College of Physicians and Surgeons]] Seal | ||
| + | Image:KCSeal.jpg|The King's College Seal | ||
| + | Image:KCSealSketch.jpg|The first known sketch of the King's College Seal | ||
| + | Image:CUSealVariant.gif|A variant of the CU seal, used during the 19th century | ||
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Revision as of 05:00, 19 March 2007
The original Columbia Seal is filled with symbolic imagery. Over the head of the seated woman is the (Hebrew) Tetragrammaton, YHVH (Jehovah); the Latin motto around her head means "In Thy light we see light" (Psalm 36:10); the Hebrew phrase on the ribbon is Uri El ("God is my light"), an allusion to Psalm 27:1; and at the feet of the woman is the New Testament passage commanding Christians to desire the pure milk of God's word (1 Peter 2:1–2).[1]
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The Columbia College Seal (used by the University)
The College of Physicians and Surgeons Seal
The King's College Seal
The first known sketch of the King's College Seal
A variant of the CU seal, used during the 19th century
