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The flag of St John's College of Oxford University (GB) can be seen in a
photo made 11 Jan 2006
by Stuart Yeates. The official site, showing the arms is at
http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk. A quote from 'College Life
/ History' section: "St
John's was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White, a wealthy London merchant."
An old rendering of the flag can be seen at
http://www.heraldryshop.biz/catalogue/tobaccocards/wills/willsoxcam_clip_image038.jpg
and a large modern one can be found at
http://info.sjc.ox.ac.uk/graves/sjcbooks.html.
The blazon, from the
University Calendar 2003-4 is "Gules, on a bordure sable
eight estoiles or; on a canton ermine a lion rampant of the second; on the
fess point on annulet of the third." (An annulet is the cadency mark for a
fifth son, I believe.)
Jan Mertens, 12 August 2008
The flag is a banner of arms (ratio 1:1).
Shield Gules, on a bordure
Sable eight 6-point stars Or, on a canton ermine a lion rampant Sable armed
Gules,in chief an annulet Or.
Meaning:
The front quadrangle of St. John’s
used to be St. Bernard’s College, which had been founded by Archbishop Chichele
(see also: All Souls College) in 1437 and dissolved about 1546. In 1555 Sir
Thomas White obtained a Royal Licence to found a new college. He purchased the
buildings of St. Bernard’s. The College was called after St. John the Baptist,
who was patron of the Merchant Taylors’ Company of which Sir Thomas had been
Master. The arms of the College are those of its founder. The annulet is
probably a mark of difference.
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/St_John%27s_College,_Oxford.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 February 2019
Current
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 March 2019
Blade is navy blue with white
inescutcheon, charged with a throughout navy blue cross, the inescutcheon is the
flag pattern without Paschal Lamb.
Source: (for current versions):
https://www.reddit.com
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 March 2019