English: Cambridge University coat of arms, granted for use by the Chancellor, Masters, Fellows and Scholars as a corporate body. The blazon is composed of: "Gules, a cross ermine between four lions passant guardant or, and on the cross a closed book fessways gules clasped and garnished gold, the clasps downward". The original blazon read: "Gules sur ung croix dermines entre quatre Lions passant d'or Livre de gules".[1]
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