He will speak on the topic on Saturday, 15 September, at 12:30 pm at Trinity College, Oxford, as part of the Oxford Alumni Weekend.
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The book is sold at Blackwell's and on Amazon (https://amzn.to/2oShnWq).
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The talk with slides will cover the coats of arms of both the Oxford and Cambridge colleges and halls.The "charges" (objects) common to several Oxford college arms will be compared with their use in Cambridge colleges.
For example, the Oxford and Cambridge University arms both feature the Bible and royal patronage.
The Bible signifies both learning and piety, i.e., knowledge balanced by the fear of the Almighty.
The Oxford crowns and Cambridge lions and ermine signify the protection of the English Monarch.
Oxford was protected by Henry II from competition from the University of Paris. Both Henry IV and Henry VIII exempted Oxford colleges from costly visitations by heralds.Later, both Oxford and Cambridge were protected by the Crown from creation of any new universities, for nearly 500 years!
Is there significance in the fact that the Oxford Bible is open and in the reading position, while the Cambridge Bible is closed and on its side?
These are the kinds of questions suggested by the study of the coats of arms of Oxford and Cambridge.
Be there... Saturday 15 September, 12:30 pm!
Friday 14 September is the last Open Day in 2018. For more about Oxford's Open Day, click here: https://bit.ly/2NZSgMg. (In case you were curious, Cambridge has Open Days as well.)
The author will be talking about the book and signing copies in Flaggs between 11:00 am and 11:30 am on Friday 14 September and Saturday 15 September.
The book is on sale in Blackwell's.
There will be a book-signing at Flagg's, across the road from Trinity College on Broad Street, at 11:15 am on Saturday 15 September.
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