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| | The School Arms / Shield |
 | | Per pale, Dexter - per fess indented ermine and gules, in chief two palm branches in saltire proper, surmounted of a mitre or, in base an episcopal staff, in bend, gold, surmounted of an open book, also proper. |
 | | Coming to the blazon, Per pale means that the shield is divided vertically down the centre, the sides being respectively termed Dexter and Sinister, from the Latin, but it must be remembered that these terms are always used with reference to the shield itself and not to the observer. |
 | | The arms therfore in the dexter half of this shield are those of the sea of calcutta, and are used by each successive bishop impaled with his own. |
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