Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge)

According to a grant of 1590, the office of Regius Professor of "Greke" at Cambridge has a coat of arms with the following blazon: Per chevron argent and sable, in chief the two Greek letters Alpha and Omega of the second, and in base a cicada (grasshopper) of the first, on a chief gules a lion passant guardant Or, charged on the side with the letter G sable. The crest has an owl. {{Infobox COA wide |image = Regius Professor Greek (Cantab).svg |escutcheon = Per chevron argent and sable, in chief the two Greek letters Α (Alpha) and Ω (Omega) of the second, and in base a "cicado" or grasshopper of the first, on a chief gules, a lion passant guardant or, charged on the side with the letter G sable. |crest = on a wreath "silver and sables," an owl argent, legs, beak, and ears or |mantling = gules and argent ==Sources==