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Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 March 2019External links:
A square flag featuring the coat of arms as seen here:
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk (source:
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2018/09/07/memoriam-dr-david-pattison).
Esteban Rivera, 4 March 2019
It is a banner of arms with ratio 1:1.
Source: based upon primary source
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/news/2018/09/07/memoriam-dr-david-pattison
(I drew it black, as it is blazoned that way in all sources, the image
quoted was the only one with blue. Furthermore I drew the ermines reversed
according to source and I adapted the number of diamonds, which I changed to
lozenges, as it is blazoned. The arms of that college seem to be depicted
differently by any pair within various sources.)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 March 2019
Both, the college colors and the respective coat of arms are black, as seen
in the logo (http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/wordpress/wp-content/themes/MagdalenCollegeOxford/images/logo.png)
on their website, the official video presentation (https://vimeo.com/174255194)
as well as this choir booklet dated 2018 season (https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-magdalen-college-choir-prepare-to-sing-the-hymnus-news-photo/953302660).
Here's a color picture of the flag, featuring the coat of arms:
https://theday-assets-production.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com (source:
https://theday.co.uk/stories/spoof-rejection-letter-turns-tables-on-oxbridge).
Esteban Rivera,
7 March 2019
![[Flag of Magdalen College]](../images/g/gb_oumag).gif)
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 March 2019
Coat of Arms:
Shield lozengy of Ermine and Sable; chief Sable, charged with
three lilies Argent slipped and seeded Or.
Motto: “FLOREAT MAGDALENA” (= Let
Magdalen flourish)
Magdalen College was founded in 1458 by William of
Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor. The founder's statutes
included provision for a choral foundation of men and boys, a tradition that has
continued to the present day, and made reference to the pronunciation (~=
Maudlynn) of the name of the college in English. The personal arms of Waynflete
are used by Magdalen with an additional chief, which is supposed to have been
added by Waynflete, when he became Provost of Eton, for a lily occurs in the
arms of that College.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 March 2019
![[Boat CLlub Flag of Magdalen College]](../images/g/gb@oumag.gif)
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 March 2019
It is a red flag with ratio 2:1, displaying three white lilies in fess, slipped
green and seeded golden (= yellow).
The pattern is a stylised version of the
chief of the college arms with different background colour, referring to the
boat clubs traditional red flag colour.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/MagdCBC/
and
https://heartheboatsing.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/pic-7.jpg
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 March 2019
Current
![[Blade]](../images/g/gb@oumag).gif)
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 March 2019
Blade is black with white lily,
like in chief of the college arms but monocoloured.
1930s
![[Blade]](../images/g/gb@oumag930)1.gif)
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 March 2019
Blade is red with one white
stripe at washboard.
![[Blade]](../images/g/gb@oumag930)2.gif)
image by
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 March 2019
Blade is white.
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
