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{{uk}}<seo title="Coat of arms/crest of Bishop Grosseteste University" titlemode="append" keywords="Crest, Arms, Coat of Arms, Heraldry" /> | {{uk}}<seo title="Coat of arms/crest of Bishop Grosseteste University" titlemode="append" keywords="Crest, Arms, Coat of Arms, Heraldry" />'''BISHOP GROSSETESTE UNIVERSITY''' | ||
'''BISHOP GROSSETESTE UNIVERSITY''' | |||
Country: [[United Kingdom]]<br> | Country: [[United Kingdom]]<br> | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Azure, a bend ermine; over all on a cross moline Or a leopard's face gules jessant-de-lys vert. <br> | |||
'''Crest''': On a wreath Or, azure and vert, A demi lion pean, the head gules, gorged with a collar gemel and supporting a crosier the head enclosing a cross moline square-pierced Or. <br> | '''Crest''': On a wreath Or, azure and vert, A demi lion pean, the head gules, gorged with a collar gemel and supporting a crosier the head enclosing a cross moline square-pierced Or. <br> | ||
'''Motto''': No omnia sibi habeat. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': No omnia sibi habeat. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on June 26, 1969. | The arms were officially granted on June 26, 1969 to Bishop Grosseteste College. | ||
The ‘bend ermine’, symbolizes Ermine Street, a powerful symbol of Lincoln’s geography and Roman history. The University buildings are sited upon the area occupied, in its day, by the house of the Commander of the 9th Legion. | The ‘bend ermine’, symbolizes Ermine Street, a powerful symbol of Lincoln’s geography and Roman history. The University buildings are sited upon the area occupied, in its day, by the house of the Commander of the 9th Legion. | ||
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The arms of the cross are split to resemble a mill-rind. | The arms of the cross are split to resemble a mill-rind. | ||
The jessant-delys | The jessant-delys - a leopard’s face gules with a fleur-de-lys in the open mouth - is a component of the City of [[Lincoln]]’s coat of arms. | ||
The crest is a demi-lion, probably reflecting the family crest of the Sibthorp family who had a relationship with the college in its early days. Sibthorp was Member of Parliament for the city of Lincoln. However, unlike the Sibthorp demi-lion holding a fleur-de-lys, our demi-lion is holding symbolically a Bishop’s crozier facing outwards. | The crest is a demi-lion, probably reflecting the family crest of the Sibthorp family who had a relationship with the college in its early days. Sibthorp was Member of Parliament for the city of Lincoln. However, unlike the Sibthorp demi-lion holding a fleur-de-lys, our demi-lion is holding symbolically a Bishop’s crozier facing outwards. | ||