England
British Institute of Radiology
- Family / house
- British Institute of Radiology
- Armiger / bearer
- British Institute of Radiology
- Entity type
- institution
- Heraldic authority
- College of Arms
- Record basis
- grant
- Issued / first recorded
- 19 April 2023
- Historical period
- 21st century
- Grant / record reference
- Grants 129/324
- Blazon
- Per Chevron Or and Azure in chief two Little Owls and base issuant in chief a Sun in Splendour all counterchanged.
- Plain-English description
- The shield is divided by a chevron line in gold and blue; two small owls appear above, while a rising sun appears below, all shown in reversed colours against their fields.
- Tinctures
- Or; Azure
- Charges / ordinaries
- Two little owls; Sun in splendour; Chevron division
- Crest
- A demi Stag Gules attired and holding between the legs a Rod of Aesculapius bendwise Or the serpent Azure.
- Exterior ornaments
- Supporters: Dexter a representation of Wilhelm Röntgen holding a Crookes tube; sinister a woman representing Marie Skłodowska Curie holding a round-bottomed glass flask, both on a grass compartment.
- Source reference
- College of Arms, September 2023 Newsletter no. 72
- Source
- Open source
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
A scientifically significant institutional grant with unusually specific historical supporters.