Editing Flag and seal of Virginia (section)

==Legal description of seal==
[[File:Great Seal of Virginia in Compass.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The state seal in front of the [[Virginia State Capitol]] Building.]]
The Seal of Virginia is officially described in the [[Code of Virginia]] (1950), §1-500, as follows:

{{quote|The great seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall consist of two metallic discs, two and one-fourth inches in diameter, with an ornamental border one fourth of an inch wide, with such words and figures engraved thereon as will, when used, produce impressions to be described as follows: On the obverse, [[Virtus (deity)|Virtus]], the genius of the Commonwealth, dressed as an Amazon, resting on a spear in her right hand, point downward, touching the earth; and holding in her left hand, a sheathed sword, or [[parazonium]], pointing upward; her head erect and face upturned; her left foot on the form of Tyranny represented by the prostrate body of a man, with his head to her left, his fallen crown nearby, a broken chain in his left hand, and a scourge in his right. Above the group and within the border conforming therewith, shall be the word "Virginia," and, in the space below, on a curved line, shall be the motto, "Sic Semper Tyrannis." On the reverse, shall be placed a group consisting of [[Libertas]], holding a wand and pileus in her right hand; on her right, [[Aeternitas]], with a globe and phoenix in her right hand; on the left of Libertas, [[Ceres (Roman mythology)|Ceres]], with a cornucopia in her left hand, and an ear of wheat in her right; over this device, in a curved line, the word "Perseverando."<ref name=1-500/>}}

Under Virginian state law, the [[Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia|secretary of the Commonwealth]] is also the [[Keeper of the Seals]] of the [[Commonwealth (U.S. state)|Commonwealth]].<ref name="1-502">{{cite web |author= |date=February 1, 1950 |title=§ 1-502. Custody; impressions displayed in The Library of Virginia. |url=https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/1-502/ |access-date=January 29, 2015 |work=[[Code of Virginia]] |publisher=Commonwealth of Virginia |quote=The seals of the Commonwealth described in §§ 1-500 and 1-501 shall be kept by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and used as provided by law, and at least three clear impressions of the seals shall be kept and displayed by the Librarian of Virginia in some suitable place in The Library of Virginia, for public inspection. (Code 1950, § 7-28; 1966, c. 102, § 7.1-28; 1994, c. 64; 1998, c. 427; 2005, c. 839.) |location=}}</ref>