⚠The image is faded, particularly the institutional emblem at the top.

THE LIBRARY

of

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY

Toronto

The coat of arms of Victoria University, Toronto. The shield is divided into four quadrants by a central cross. The symbols in the quadrants are: an owl (representing wisdom), an oil lamp (representing enlightenment), an open book (representing scholarship), and a wheat sheaf (representing fertility or the harvest of knowledge). The shield is topped by a royal crown. A ribbon scroll underneath the shield contains the motto "STUDIES PASS INTO CHARACTER" original Latin: "ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES".