Coat o airms o Libie

Efter the collapse o the Gaddafi regime in the Libie ceevil war, Libie currently daes no hae an offeecial coat o airms. The Naitional Transitional Cooncil uises a seal or logo tae represent itsel, but while its Constitutional Declaration o August 2011 defines the Banner o Libie, it daes no mak ony proveesions for a coat o airms.

Seal o the Naitional Transitional Cooncil eedit

 
Seal o the National Transitional Cooncil

The Naitional Transitional Cooncil, supportit as the legitimate admeenistration bi the Unitit Naitions syne September 2011,[1] uises a seal tae certify offeecial documents. The emblem depicts a crescent muin an starn, represented in the colors o the Libie banner uised bi the NTC (red, black, an green), wi the names o the cooncil المجلس الوطني الانتقالي (al-majlis al-waṭanī al-intiqālī, "The Transitional Naitional Cooncil") an o the state ‏ليبيا (Lībiyā, Libya) displayed in Arabic an Inglis.[2]

History eedit

Kingdom o Libie (1951–1969) eedit

 
The "Croun o Libie" emblem uised frae 1952-1969

The emblem o the Kinrick o Libie, kent as the "Croun o Libie", wis uised frae 1952-1969.

The constitution o the Kinrick o Libie o 1952 in airticle 7 describes the banner, but no the emblem. Nae offeecial description is available at present (due tae the restrictions placit on govrenment airchives syne the military coup o 1969), an the design is reconstructit frae mony variants in shape an colour schemes. The design as representit in offeecial govrenment soorces o 1952-1969, which describes the emblem, is as follaes:

  1. Upper croun adorned wi a white Crescent an five-pointit starn at its summit, at which five visible side frames oreeginatin frae a ring at the base converge. The starn studdit base an frame contain a velvet black heid cover lik object.
  2. The Upper croun is supportit at its base bi twa ornate plantar designs; in the form o three intertwined C an S scroll shapes.
  3. Twa massive “Shoulder” frames contain the body o the croun frae the richt an left [...]. Each side is a complex formation o intertwined branches in the shape o an S Curve, which is essentially twa back-tae-back C scrolls; the muckler ane o which terminates in a muckle bonnie spiral at the tap. [...]
  4. The backgrund colour o the muckle interior belaw the upper croun can be white or transparent, awtho this is no evident in the pictur o the Libie pund. The backgrund colour o the center region surroondin the muckle white crescent an starn is black as in the center stripe o the Libie banner.
  5. A white ring wi thin black borders, surroonds the center muckle white crescent an starn.
  6. Nine five-pointit white starns surroond the center ring.
  7. Lairge white crescent.
  8. Five pointit starn locatit well abuin the perimeter o the crescent. This differs frae the banner, which places the starn at the extremities o the crescent.
  9. A lawer crown, seatit abuin the ring containin the central crescent an starn. Its design is identical tae the upper croun, except for bein smawer in size.
  10. Plantar/ floral ornamentation seemilar tae #2 abuin, providin variation an connectivity tae the base.
  11. At the base, an ornate design that resembles a document scroll wi a ring tee at its center. It is notit that the colour scheme o the croun is maist likely white for the starns an crescents, black an white (or transparent) for spaces, an gowd for the crouns an frames. [...]

The upward-pointin white crescent an starn on black backgrund is taken frae the traditional banner o the Senussi dynasty.

Libie unner Gaddafi eedit

In 1970, Libie adoptit a coat o airms seemilar tae that o Egyp (the "Eagle o Saladin"), while in 1972 the Federation o Arab Republics unification plan led Libie tae adopt a coat o airms seemilar tae that o Sirie (the Hawk o Quraish, or emblem o the tribe o the prophet Muhammad). On Libie's exit frae the Federation in 1977 (tae acome the "Great Socialist Fowk Libie Arab Jamahiriya"), the coat o airms o the Federation wis chyngit tae reflect the new green banner o Libie an aw adoptit at that time, while the hawk wis chyngit tae face in the ither direction. The phrase اتحاد الجمهوريات العربية (ittiħād al-jumhūriyyāt al-`arabiyya "Federation (literally Union) o Arab Republics") still remained written on the banner clutched in the feet o the hawk.

See an aw eedit

  1. "UN approves Libya seat for NTC". Al Jazeera, Doha. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 12 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)