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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 91289, member: 111&quot;]Suspect it has a connection to Corpus Christi College - believe the armorial belongs to founder Bishop Richard Foxe (Fox).&nbsp; If you see a swan-like bird associated with Christian symbology, it&#039;s more likely a somewhat fanciful pelican, often resembling a swan with the head of an eagle - a vulning pelican feeding her young, or a pelican in her piety, representing Jesus Christ.&nbsp; The clip below is from an 1898 book on the college, noting at the end that Foxe&#039;s arms was sometimes used alone for the college:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]23176[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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