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The flag of Balliol College of Oxford University is seen at
http://flickr.com/photos/62479575@N00/2077284163 where it is being flown on
the last day of Michaelmas Term 2007. Another photo can be found at
http://www.bcbc.co.uk/resources/flag.jpg. The
college home page also shows the arms
and the flag.
The blazon, from the University Calendar is "Azure, a lion
rampant argent, crowned or, impaling gules, an orle argent." An old rendering of
the arms can be seen at the
http://www.heraldryshop.biz/catalogue/tobaccocards/wills/willsoxcam_clip_image022.jpg
page. From earthfriendars.tripod.com
we learn that the lion represents Galloway, and the orle Balliol proper.
Jan Mertens, 20 July 2008
The flag is a banner of arms with the charges shifted to the centre. (ratio
1:2).
Coat of Arms:
Shield parted per pale; at dexter Azure a lion rampant
Argent, crowned Or, armed and tongued Gules; at sinister Gules an orle Argent.
Meaning: Arms and name are taken from the college’s founder John Lord Balliol.
The college was founded in 1263, but after the death of the founder his widow
Devorgilla of Galloway gave it its first statutes in 1269. The dexter half
displays the personal arms of the widow, the sinister half those of the founder.
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/Balliol_College,_Oxford.
Klaus-Michael
Schneider, 9 February 2019
image located by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 March 2019
Source: “The arms of the Colleges; &c in Oxford' by J. Owen & E. Bowen c.1720
Current
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 March 2019
Blade is parted per bend sinister
of navy blue and red.
1930s
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 March 2019
Blade is blue with red loom end.
Sources: (for 1930s):
https://www.alamy.com and
http://www.rowing-memorabilia.de
Source: (for current versions):
https://www.reddit.com
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 March 2019