Editing University of Bristol (section)

=== Logo and arms ===
[[File:University_of_Bristol_Arms.svg|thumb|left|upright|Coat of Arms]]

In 2004, the university unveiled its new logo. The icons in the logo are the sun for the Wills family, the dolphin for Colston, the horse for Fry and the ship-and-castle from the medieval seal of the City of Bristol, as also used in the coat of arms. The shape of the whole logo represents the open book of learning.<ref name="vis-ident">{{cite web | title =  University of Bristol logo | publisher =  University of Bristol | access-date =  3 December 2007 | url =  http://www.bristol.ac.uk/visualidentity/logo.html | url-status =  dead | archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20071013010817/http://www.bristol.ac.uk/visualidentity/logo.html | archive-date =  13 October 2007 | df =  dmy-all }}</ref> This logo has replaced the university [[Coat of arms|arms]] shown, but the arms continue to be used where there is a specific historical or ceremonial requirement. The arms comprise:
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''argent on a cross quadrate gules the arms of the City of Bristol between in pale and a sun in splendour (for Wills) and an open book proper, leaved and clasped or, and inscribed with the words Nisi quia Dominus, and in fesse to the sinister a dolphin embowed (for Colston), and to the dexter a horse courant (for Fry), both of the third.''
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The inscription on the book is the [[Latin]] opening of the 124th Psalm, ''"If the Lord Himself had not (been on our side...)"''.<ref name="arms">{{cite web | title = The University Arms | publisher = University of Bristol | access-date = 3 December 2007 | url = http://www.bristol.ac.uk/visualidentity/arms.html | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234000/http://www.bristol.ac.uk/visualidentity/arms.html | archive-date = 27 September 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The latin motto granted with the Arms below the shields is Vim promovet insitam, from the fourth Ode of Horace's fourth book meaning '[Learning] promotes one's innate power'.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Bristol coat of arms |url=https://www.bristol.ac.uk/centenary/look/cabinet/coat-of-arms.html#:~:text=It%20comprises%20five%20symbols%20including,of%20the%20City%20of%20Bristol. |website=bristol.ac.uk |publisher=University of Bristol}}</ref>