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12 - Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, C.P
Drosty Rd, Grahamstown, 6139, South Africa

Motto: 'Vis Virtus Veritas' (Strength, courage, truth)

The arms of Rhodes University were granted by the College of Arms on 5 May 1913 and registered by the Bureau of Heraldry on 13 May 1968. The blazon (as recorded on the original deed of grant) reads:

Or on a Pile Sable an Open Book inscribed with the words “Sapientam Exquiret Sapiens” between three Escallops of the first. On a Chief Argent a Lion passant gules between two Thistles slipped and leaved proper. And for the crest a Wreath of the Colours upon a Rock the Figure of a Man mounted on a Horse representing ‘energy’ all Argent.

Rhodes University is a public research university located in Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the province's oldest university, and it is the sixth oldest South African university in continuous operation.

Further information can be found here: www.oocities.org/bona_spes/RhodesU.html

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