See the seal somewhat enlarged from its original size (just over 3 inches / 8 cm tall). This enlarged copy shows the quality of the original wood engraving.

The seal was adopted by the Cambridge Camden Society in 1844. The Ecclesiologist for September of that year commented that readers 'will perceive that the Society has cemented its corporate existence by the adoption of a new and beautiful seal' (vol. III, pp. 184-5 and plate).

The seal was  designed by Augustus Welby Pugin. His 'AWP' can be seen under the floral decoration at the foot of St John (to the left of the seal).

The scroll at the bottom was added in 1937 under the supervision of Sir Ninian Comper.
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The centre of the seal, beneath rich tabernacle work, shows the Virgin and Child, with an orb surmounted by a cross. To the left is St George. To the right is St Etheldreda, foundress of Ely in the year 673 and thus the patroness of the diocese in which the Cambridge Camden Society was founded in 1839. She holds a staff; beneath her is a shield of three crowns, the arms of Ely. Flanking these two figures are St John the Evangelist (to the left) holding a chart of the new Jerusalem, with his symbol of an eagle at his feet, and St Luke, accompanied by the normal winged ox. These two evangelists are reckoned as patrons of architecture, and painting and fine arts, respectively.
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In the outermost panels, are to the left, a ruin, and to the right, its transformation into a fine cross church. This transformation can be compared with the first pair of drawings in Pugin's Contrasts (1836).
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Finally, in the lower part of the seal is the church of the Holy Sepulcrhre in Cambridge, commonly known as the 'round church'. The Cambridge Camden Society restored this church in the years 1841-4. At the very bottom is an angel holding a scroll bearing the words 'Quam dilecta', the opening words in Latin of Pslam 84. Around the seal's edge is the legend