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This Flickr photo
by �ARJ2006� (uploaded 14 Mar 2007) shows the armorial banner of Lincoln
College, Oxford University (GB). An old rendition of the arms can be seen
at
http://www.ngw.nl/catalogue/tobaccocards/wills/willsoxcam_clip_image030.jpg.
Jan Mertens, 13 March 2009
The flag is is a banner of arms (ratio 1:2).
Coat of Arms:
Shield twice
parted per pale; at dexter barry of six of of Argent and Azure, in chief three
lozenges Gules, the third bar charged with a mullet Sable; in centre Argent, an
inescutcheon Gules; charged with two lions passant guardant Or, armed and
tongued Azure, on a chief Azure Our Lady crowned, seated on a tombstone issuant
from the chief, in her dexter arm the Infant Jesus, in her sinister arm a
sceptre, all or ensigned with a mitre proper; shield topped by a mitre Or with
scarves of the same behind the inescutcheon; at sinister Vert three stags
statant Or ordered 2:1.
Meaning:
The college was founded in 1427 by
Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln. The arms display in the central compartment
those of the Bishopric of Lincoln (see also: Brasenose and Corpus) on a field
Argent. The dexter compartment displays the arms of the founder. The mullet was
probably a mark of cadency though at such an early date it is unlikely that it
indicated a third son. The arms on the sinister side are those of Thomas
Rotherham or Scott of Rotherham, who re-endowed the College in 1478. Rotherham
was also Bishop of Lincoln, and later Archbishop of York.
Source: John P.
Brooke-Little: Oxford University and its Colleges, Oxford 1962(?), available
online at
https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/oxford-university-and-its-colleges/
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_College,_Oxford.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 February 2019
Current
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 March 2019
Blade is navy blue with celestial
blue washboard and celestial blue loom end.
Source: (for current versions):
https://www.reddit.com
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 March 2019