![sample use only](https://par.nellruby.agnesscott.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-10.36.20-AM.png)
Something I didn’t know before. As I am mocking up a site for the DOC new idea for news dissemination, I looked up the college seal. It is round, so I thought it would be a good site icon–that is the little icon that is on the tab at the top of the site.
I searched “Agnes Scott logos” and came across the page on brand identity, a style guide for proper usage of the college logo.
What I found was:
![image: a cirlce in the center of a a large white area with call outs. the circle is overprinted with "sample use only" covering the agnes scott college motto "Anno Domini MDCCCLXXXXIX"; formed in a circle inside the outside perimeter of the circle. inside of that is the text: II "Peter 1:5 In Fide vestra virtutem in virtute autem scientiam" inside of that an illustration of a star with outward lines indicating brightness next to a drawing of an open book. The dotted line call outs explain, in the lower left corner: "USAGE" and in the upper right "MOTTON"; in the upper left is the text: OUR SEAL. Text and outline images are in purple and black.](https://par.nellruby.agnesscott.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Agnes-Scott-official-seal-sample-1024x944.png)
This is something I hadn’t recognized before–that the latin on the seal, the language in one of my favorite works by the college’s acapella group Sotto Voce, is from the bible.
ANNO DOMINI MDCCCLXXXIX / AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
IN FIDE VESTRA VIRTUTEM
IN VIRTUTE AUTEM
AUTEM SCIENTIAM
II Peter 1:5
Now add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge
Also interesting: Here is an open listing of our trademark for the seal at the site Justia Trademarks which details our rights for its usage and the date of its update. Although I notice that the “Published for Opposition Date” is listed as 2018, so that probably falls under the umbrella of deferred maintenance.