# Coat o airms o Libie

Efter the collapse o the Gaddafi regime in the Libie ceevil war, Libie currently disnae hae an official coat o airms.
The Naitional Transitional Cooncil uises a seal or logo tae represent itsel, whiles its Constitutional Declaration o August 2011 defines the Banner o Libie, it disnae mak ony provisions for a coat o airms.

## Seal o the Naitional Transitional Cooncil

Seal o the National Transitional Cooncil
The Naitional Transitional Cooncil, supportit as the legitimate admeenistration bi the Unitit Naitions sin September 2011, uises a seal tae certify official documents. The emblem depicts a crescent muin an starn, representit 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.

## History

### Kingdom o Libie (1951–1969)

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 official description is available at present (owin tae the restrictions placit on govrenment airchives sin the military coup o 1969), an the design is reconstructit frae mony variants in shape an colour schemes. The design as representit in official govrenment soorces o 1952-1969, that describes the emblem, is as follaes:

1. Upper croun adornit wi a white Crescent an five-pointit starn at its summit, at whilk five visible side frames oreeginatin frae a ring at the base converge. The starn studdit base an frame haes 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 intertwint C an S scroll shapes.
3. Twa muckle “Shoulder” frames haes the body o the croun frae the richt an left [...]. Ilka side is a complex formation o intertwint branches in the shape o an S Curve, whilk is essentially twa back-tae-back C scrolls; the muckler ane o whilk 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 isnae evident in the pictur o the Libie pund. The backgrund colour o the centre region surroondin the muckle white crescent an starn is black as in the centre 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 centre ring.
7. Muckle white crescent.
8. Five pointit starn locatit well abuin the perimeter o the crescent. This differs frae the banner, that 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 centre. 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

In 1970, Libie adoptit a coat o airms seemilar tae that o Egyp (the "Eagle o Saladin"), whilk 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 become the "Great Socialist Fowk Libie Arab Jamahiriya"), the coat o airms o the Federation wis chyngit tae reflect the new green banner o Libie adoptit at that time an aw, whilk 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") aye remainit scrieved on the banner clutched in the feet o the hawk.

* 1970-1972
* 1972-1977

## See an aw

* Coat o airms o Sirie (the soorce o the hawk or falcon o Qureish)
* Banner o Libie