Appendix No. 3 to the Constitution of Charles University Insignia ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** disclaimer: pictures are not part of the regulation. ****************************************************************************************** * 1. Seal of Prague University (deposited in the archives of Charles University) ****************************************************************************************** The seal of Prague University was created at the very beginning of higher education in Pra a representation of the kneeling Czech and Roman King who is passing, with both hands, a f with a suspended seal to St. Wenceslas. On the right side of these two figures is the coat the Roman King, on the left side the coat of arms of the Czech King, and under the banner the sign of St. Wenceslas’ eagle there is the letter W (Wenceslaus). The transcript of the astragal in Gothic majuscule: “SIGILLUM UNIVERSITATIS SCOLARIUM STUDII PRAGENSIS” The seal itself is a silver tablet 60.5 mm in diameter and 1.5 mm thick attached by a 1-2m to a circular steel tablet 8.5 to 9 mm thick that merges into an octagonal and at the top tenon with slanted edges. Together with this tenon, which was created much later, the tota seal is 84.5 mm. ****************************************************************************************** * 2. Rector’s Sceptre ****************************************************************************************** The Rector’s sceptre was created by Prague goldsmith Jan Tengler based on a design by the Wachsmann after 1882. The crown of the sceptre consists of a ball (the symbol of the unive with a cut amethyst in the centre. The head of gilded silver is set with sixteen Czech gar stem in the cartouches there are four oval enamel coats of arms: the Czech lion, the Siles Moravian eagle, and the coat of arms of the University from the seal. The total height of 131 cm. ****************************************************************************************** * 3. Sceptre of the Catholic Theological Faculty ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre was created by Jan Tengler in 1891. The head of the sceptre of the Catholic Th has on its crown the allegory of Faith represented by a silver statuette of a woman holdin right hand and a book in her left hand. The head is decorated with Czech garnets. There ar escutcheons with symbols in the cartouches: a cross, Noah’s Ark, and a pelican feeding his own blood (a symbol of the Eucharist). The total height of the sceptre is 122 cm. ****************************************************************************************** * 4. Sceptre of the Hussite Theological Faculty ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre of the Hussite Theological Faculty, created based on a design by J. Lášek and a crown in the shape of four acanthus leaves supporting a paten with an erected cross. On of the flower is engraved “UNIVERSITAS CAROLINA PRAGENSIS + FACULTAS THEOLOGIAE HUSSITICAE a liturgical chalice in the centre with engraved portraits of Sts. Cyril and Methodus, St. Procopius, and Master John Huss. The head is on a Bishop’s crosier composed of three parts made of stainless metal and is gilded all over. The total height of the sceptre is 113.5 c ****************************************************************************************** * 5. Sceptre of the Faculty of Law ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre was created by Jan Tengler after 1882. The head of the sceptre of the Faculty crown the symbols of law: crossed fasces with a sword in the middle. Below them, on the fa there is a shield with the scales of Justice. The total height of the sceptre is 117 cm. ****************************************************************************************** * 6. Sceptre of the Faculties of Medicine ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre was created by Jan Tengler after 1882. The head of the sceptre of the Facultie has a crown consisting of a silver wreath set with sixty-six blue turquoises. Inside the w an emblem of medicine: Aesculapius´ club and a serpent drinking from a bowl. Double acanth the wreath are decorated with twenty-three small Czech garnets; the ringlet rimming the st also features garnets. The total height of the sceptre is 123 cm. ****************************************************************************************** * 7. Sceptre of the Faculty of Pharmacy ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre was created by Jozef Soukup between 1982 and 1983. The lower part of the head of Pharmacy sceptre consists of two round intaglios in crystal, on the face of one there i the University seal, and on the other one the emblem of Hradec Králové, the seat of the Fa the perimeter of a horizontal disc above there is an inscription: “FACULTAS PHARMACEUTICA CAROLINAE PRAGENSIS”. On a conic pillar above the disc there is a crown in the form of hex with five heliotropes from Kozákov. Inside the hexagon there is a ball of Brazilian crysta engraved symbol of pharmacy. The total height of the sceptre is 137 cm. ****************************************************************************************** * 8. Sceptre of the Faculty of Arts ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre was created by Jan Tengler after 1882. In the middle of the head of the sceptr of Arts there is an owl standing on a ball as a symbol of Wisdom, and in the crown there i Sun - the light of knowledge and truth. The silver sceptre was restored in 1976 and newly height is 116 cm. ****************************************************************************************** * 9. Sceptre of the Faculty of Science ****************************************************************************************** This art-nouveau sceptre of the Faculty of Science was created by Prague goldsmith Alois T The front side of the head of the sceptre represents a sitting figure of Nature leaning ag The figure has four books and an alembic at her feet, and binoculars behind her. In the ba a panoramic view of Hradčany; around –on the perimeter of a dodecagonal head – there are s Zodiac cut in crystal. The plates for the signs continue on the reverse side of the head a with lazurites. The central motif on the reverse side of the head is a relief of an owl st In the crown there are two kneeling persons - nudes of a man and a woman. The golden sun i them; above their heads in the middle there is a child creating an autonomous apex of the abundantly set with amethysts, chalcedonies, and carneols on the stem, garnets and citrine part, and amethysts, agates, and lazurites on the crown. The total height of the sceptre i ****************************************************************************************** * 10. Sceptre of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre was designed by Zdeněk Kolářský in 1979. The head of the sceptre consists of g shapes made of metal rods with a ball, and orbiting planets in the centre. In the crown, a flames there is a Mobius strip symbolising never-ending knowledge in mathematics and physi of the sceptre is ended with a disc set with fifteen rubies and a little plate with the se University; on escutcheons in the lower part of the head there are symbols of the fields o faculty. The entire head is set with fifty-six rubies and four avanturine cabochons. The t the sceptre is 123.5 cm. ****************************************************************************************** * 11. Sceptre of the Faculty of Education ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre of the Faculty of Education was created by Prague goldsmith Heinrich Grünfeld originally for the Faculty of Science of the German University. Above the ringlet of the h sceptre the bodies of four dolphins project, creating the basis of the crown, with twelve on which there is a book serving as a base for a sitting owl. The ringlet of the crown, de mascarons, has eight topazes on the sides. The total height of the sceptre is 114 cm. ****************************************************************************************** * 12. Sceptre of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport was designed by sculptor H. Nov manufactured by national enterprise SAFINA. The sceptre was originally manufactured for th Physical Education and Sport which was integrated in Charles University in 1959. The head the sceptre consists of a statuette of an athlete – victor with raised right hand and a pa his left hand. It is signed “Sign. H. N. 54 of 1954”. The total height of the sceptre is 1 ****************************************************************************************** * 13. Sceptre of the Faculty of Humanities ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre of the Faculty of Humanities was designed by Václav Sokol. The sceptre is made metal elements. The stem of the sceptre is made of polished dark brown plum wood and is li four sides with rounded edges over the whole length. The head is carved of one piece of wa in a natural colour and represents a pair of hands lightly touching an apple embellished w leaf made of gilded brass. The sceptre stem is connected to the head by a 5.4 cm wide “rin brass. The total height of the sceptre is 103.5 cm. ****************************************************************************************** * 14. Sceptre of the Faculty of Social Sciences ****************************************************************************************** The sceptre of the Faculty of Social Sciences was created by Otmar Oliva in 2017 based on design by Martin Potůček. The head of the sceptre represents human society as a globe held fingers of a human hand. The five fingers symbolise the five branches pursued at the facul represents the ability of all social sciences to view society as a whole from a variety pe sceptre is made of silver-plated aluminium and gilded bronze and is set with small gemston lapis lazuli of 8 cm in diameter in the head of the sceptre. The total height of the scept ****************************************************************************************** * 15. Rector’s Medal ****************************************************************************************** The creator of the medal is Otakar Španiel. The chain containing twenty-five rings of doub was created by Prague goldsmith František Staněk. On the face there is a design of the sea the oldest seal – the coat of arms of Charles University with the transcription: “RECTOR M UNIVERSITATIS CAROLINAE PRAGENSIS”. On the reverse side there is a trefoil (the symbol of construction works from the mid-14th century); inside there is the crown of the old Rector cross standing on a ball); and on the sides “AD 1348 – 1948”. In the little spaces between and the transcript there are abbreviations of the Latin salutation formula: “Q.F / F.F / Q faustum, fortunatumque sit. May it bring happiness, prosperity, and joy.). The transcript side “UNIVERSITĚ KARLOVĚ ČESKÉ VYSOKÉ UČENÍ TECHNICKÉ” (To Charles University from the Cze University) reminds us that the medal was donated to Charles University by ČVUT in 1948. T coined of gold and is 70 mm in diameter. ****************************************************************************************** * 16. Medals of Academic Officials ****************************************************************************************** The medal was created by Jiří Prádler in 1959. On the face there is a design of the matrix seal – the coat of arms of Charles University with the transcription: “UNIVERSITAS CAROLIN mcccxlviii +”. On the reverse side in four-arch there is the Czechoslovak national emblem before 1960. Along the rim there are symbols of the Faculties of Medicine, Science, Law, a diameter of the medal of gilded silver is 50 mm. Charles University owns sixteen medals li on chains. ****************************************************************************************** * 17. Medal of the Dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty ****************************************************************************************** The medal was designed by Otakar Španiel and was created in 1950 when the Theological Facu from Charles University. The medal has on its face a design of the seal matrix of the olde coat of arms of Charles University in the same form as on the Rector’s medal. On the rever the centre there are abbreviations of the Latin salutation formula: “Q.F.F.F.S.” (Quod fel fortunatumque sit.). There is the transcription “ROMANA CATHOLICA FACULTAS S. THEOLOGIAE C PRAGENSIS”. The diameter of the medal of gilded silver is 60 mm. ****************************************************************************************** * 18. Medal of the Dean of the Protestant Theological Faculty ****************************************************************************************** The medal was made after 1950, when the name of Komenský (Comenius) was given to the Prote Theology of the former Huss Czechoslovak Protestant Faculty established in 1919 outside Ch The medal has on its face a portrait of J. A. Komenský (Comenius). The transcription: “KOM EVANGELICKÁ BOHOSLOVECKÁ FAKULTA x V PRAZE x” (Comenius Protestant Theological Faculty x i On the reverse side there is a chalice in a wreath of grapes, leaves, tendrils, and ears o inscription above is “SAPERE AGERE LOQUI 1919”. On the left of the chalice is “LEV.2.13” ( the Old Testament book of Leviticus on the order of cereal offerings), on the right side “ reference to the gospel according to Mark, the verse “Every one will be salted with fire”) transcription “VICIT AGNUS NOSTER x EUM SEQUAMUR”. The diameter of the medal is 80 mm. ****************************************************************************************** * 19. Medal of the Dean of the Hussite Theological Faculty ****************************************************************************************** The medal was made in 1950, when the Section of Czechoslovak (Hussite) Theology was separa former Huss Czechoslovak Protestant Faculty. It was designed by J. Novák. The medal has on symbol of a cross and chalice (the ideograph of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church (CČSH)), a a ribbon with the inscription “DOKONČIT ČESKOU REFORMACI” (Complete Czech Reformation, a q speech of Prof. K. Statečný given at the 1st synod of the CČSH in 1924). On the reverse si idealized portrait of Master John Huss and the transcription “HUSOVA ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ BOHOSL PRAZE 1950” (Huss Czechoslovak Theological Faculty in Prague). The diameter of the medal o is 60 mm. The rings of the chain represent stylised leaves of linden.