First logo
From its founding until 1574, the university's first official seal featured an icon of the "Virgen del Rosario" ( Virgin of the Rosary ), patron saint of the Dominican friars; at the right was a representation of the Pacific Ocean and on the bottom a lime (fruit) (that is, the fruit, which in Spanish is una lima, hence Lima, Peru).
The logo was approved by King Charles I of Spain in 1551. By the late 1570s and after a papal bull of Pope Pius V, the seal was modified, replacing the icon of Virgen del Rosario with Saint Mark. It is uncertain which colors were used on this seal, because documents in the 16th century were only black-and-white paper prints. It was not until 1929 when the colors— blue for the ocean, black or brown for the saint's icon, a light blue background, and silver for columns —became popular.
This logo was the longest-enduring symbol of the university: it was used for almost four and a half centuries, until the late 1980s, when it was improved for the second generation logo.
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