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The design of the seal of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is defined in the Code of Ordinances, City of Pittsburgh, Title I, Article I, Chapter 103,^[1] Section 2 as follows:

§ 103.02 THE GREAT SEAL AND LESSER SEALS.

(a) The great seal of the City and the lesser seals of the same shall be of the following design:

(1) The great seal is a circle bearing in its center the arms and the crest of the City and upon its periphery a belt or band of Roman capital letters forming the legend "The Seal of the City of Pittsburgh, 1816, Benigno Numine."

(2) Lesser seals are the great seal of the City with this addition: on an arc of a circle having the same center as, but shorter radius than, the aforesaid legend, and placed directly below the City arms, the proper designation of the sealing office, as "Office of the Mayor," "Office of the City Clerk" or the like, such designation to be in Roman capital letters, smaller than, but of like face to those used in the peripheral legend.

(b) Hereafter all dies, engravings, plates or reproductions of the great seal and lesser seals of the City shall conform strictly to the aforesaid description, and the City arms and crest as used thereon shall adhere strictly to the official graphic rendering of the arms and crest as preserved in the archives in Council.

The phrase Benigno Numine is the motto of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. It is generally translated as "With the Benevolent Deity"^[2] or "By the Favour of the Heavens".^[3]

1. ^ Chapter 103: Official Standards. Code of Ordinances City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Retrieved on November 20, 2006.
2. ^ Præcepti -- Mottoes. Retrieved on November 20, 2006.
3. ^ Religious Latin Phrases, Latin Quotes on Religion. Latin Phrases Web Site. Retrieved on November 20, 2006.

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