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Queens' College, Cambridge University (GB), photos by Sarah Grice and "robep",
respectively show the flag is a banner of arms
http://flickr.com/photos/sgrice/2287241316/
and
http://flickr.com/photos/robep/2247523229/. The official site at
http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/default.asp?MIS=2 includes a blazon of the arms
at
http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Misc/arms.html:
"These arms are those
of the first foundress Queen, Margaret of Anjou, which she derived from those of
her father René, Duke of Anjou, with the addition of a green border for the
College. The six quarters of these arms represent the six lordships (either
actual or titular) which he claimed. Quarterly of six:
The arms this flag is a banner of are: marshalled of two pales and one fess
(?) and a bordure Vert. The I is barruly Gules and Argent. The II is Azure semy
of fleurs de lis Or a lambel Gules. The III is Argent a cross crosslet potent
Or. The IV is Azure semy of fleurs de lis Or a bordure Gules. The V is Azure
semy of crosses pomelly two fish hauriant (or hands?) adossy Or. The VI is Or on
a bend Gules three eagles Argent.
António Martins-Tuválkin,
4 September 2009