Editing Brasenose College, Oxford (section)

==Traditions==

===Coat of arms===
[[File:Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg|thumb|upright|The coat of arms of Brasenose College]]
Brasenose College's [[coat of arms]] is quite complex, since it incorporates the personal arms of the founders and the arms of the [[Diocese of Lincoln|See of Lincoln]].
<ref name=bncwebarms>{{cite web |title=A History of Brasenose: The College Coat of Arms |url= http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/345/brasenose-college-archives-and-history-38/college-history-212/the-college-coat-of-arms-395.html |access-date=18 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110201034101/http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/345/brasenose-college-archives-and-history-38/college-history-212/the-college-coat-of-arms-395.html |archive-date=1 February 2011}}</ref>

Its [[blazon]] (description in formal [[heraldry|heraldic]] terms) is: ''Tierced in pale: (1) Argent, a chevron sable between three roses gules seeded or, barbed vert (for Smyth); (2) or, an escutcheon of the arms of the [[Diocese of Lincoln|See of Lincoln]] (gules, two [[Lion (heraldry)|lions of Englan]]d in pale or, on a chief azure Our Lady crowned seated on a tombstone issuant from the chief, in her dexter arm the Infant Jesus, in her sinister arm a sceptre, all or) ensigned with a mitre proper; (3) quarterly, first and fourth argent, a chevron between three bugle-horns stringed sable; second and third argent, a chevron between three crosses crosslet sable (for Sutton)''.
<ref>''Oxford University Calendar 2001–2002'' (2001) p.217. [[Oxford University Press]] {{ISBN|0-19-951872-6}}.</ref>

A simpler form has occasionally been used where the central tierce contains the arms of the See of Lincoln, rather than displaying them on a mitred escutcheon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brasenose College {{!}} Le College du Nez de Bronze|url=https://www.sandersofoxford.com/shop/product/le-college-du-nez-de-bronze-1/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Sanders of Oxford|language=en}}</ref> Because of the complexity of the arms they are not suitable for use on items such as the college crested tie, where the brazen nose is used instead.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brasenose College Tie – Silk : University of Oxford Shop|url=https://www.oushop.com/brasenose-college-tie-silk|access-date=2021-04-19|website=www.oushop.com|language=EN}}</ref>

===College prayer===
The college prayer is read by the principal or a fellow at evensong on Sundays during term and at [[gaudy|gaudies]].<ref name="OofS">''Order of Service for use at the College Gaudy'', The King's Hall and College of Brasenose.</ref>

Individual benefactors are commemorated in an annual pattern, with the founders being commemorated (as shown above) on the first Sunday of [[Michaelmas term|Michaelmas Term]], and at all gaudies.<ref name="OofS"/>

===Graces===
The following preprandial [[Grace (prayer)|grace]] is read by the Bible Clerk at [[Formal Hall]]:<ref name="graces">{{cite book |last=Adams |first=Reginald |title=The College Graces of Oxford and Cambridge |publisher=Perpetua Press |year=1992 |place=Oxford |pages=54–55 |isbn=1-870882-06-7}}</ref>
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|{{blockquote|{{lang|LA|Oculi omnium spectant in te, Deus! Tu das illis escas tempore opportuno. Aperis manum tuam et imples omne animal tua benedictione. Mensae caelestis nos participes facias, Deus, Rex aeternae gloriae.}}}}
|{{blockquote|The eyes of all look to thee, O God! Thou givest them meats in due season. Thou openest Thy hand and fillest every living thing with thy blessing. Make us participants at the heavenly banquet, O God, King of eternal glory.}}
|}

The grace after dinner is only read on special occasions, and the list of benefactors included in this grace is quite variable.
{| class="wikitable"
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|{{blockquote|{{lang|LA|Qui nos creavit, redemit et pavit, sit benedictus in aeternum. Deus, exaudi orationem nostram. Agimus Tibi gratias, Pater caelestis, pro Gulielmo Smyth episcopo et Ricardo Sutton milite, Fundatoribus nostris; pro Alexandro Nowel, Jocosa Frankland, Gulielmo Hulme, Elizabetha Morley, Mauritio Platnauer, aliisque benefactoribus nostris; humiliter te precantes ut eorum numerum benignissime adaugeas. Ecclesiam Catholicam, et populum Christianum custodi. Haereses et errores omnes extirpa. Carolum Regem nostrum et subditos eius defende. Pacem da et conserva, per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.}}}}
|{{blockquote|May he who hath created, redeemed and provided for us be blessed for ever. Hear our prayer, Lord. We give thee thanks, heavenly Father, for [[William Smyth]], Bishop, and [[Richard Sutton (lawyer)|Richard Sutton]], Knight, our Founders; for [[Alexander Nowell]], [[Joyce Frankland]], [[William Hulme]], Elizabeth Morley, [[Maurice Platnauer]] and for our other benefactors, humbly beseeching thee that thou wilt add to their number in goodness.
Safeguard the Catholic Church and all Christian people. Root out all heretical waverings. Defend [[Charles III|Charles our King]] and his subjects. Grant peace and preserve it, through Christ our Lord. Amen.}}
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