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==Coat of arms and motto== [[File:Selwyn College Heraldic Coat of Arms, Main Gate.jpg|thumb|upright|The arms used by George Augustus Selwyn as Bishop of Lichfield, above the college's Main Gate to Old Court]] [[File:Selwyn College Cambridge Main Gate.jpg|thumb|upright| Main Gate with the Greek quotation which contains the College motto]] The Selwyn College [[coat of arms]] incorporates the arms of the Selwyn family impaled with an adaptation of the arms of the [[Diocese of Lichfield]]. The arms were granted in the 1960s and are emblazoned as follows; :''Per pale Gules and Argent a Cross potent quadrate Argent and Or between four crosses paty those to the dexter Argent those to the sinister Or For the See of Lichfield impaling Argent on a Bend cotised Sable three Annulets Or for Selwyn all within a Bordure Sable And for Crest On a Wreath Or & Purpure In front of a Book erect bound Gules edged clasped and garnished Or a representation of the Pastoral Staff of Bishop Selwyn.'' The dexter half of the arms adapted from those of the See of Lichfield, are unusual, with ''or'' (gold) countercharged on ''argent'' (silver), violating the [[rule of tincture]], which prohibits a metal to be charged with another metal. This is thought to refer to the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem#Arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem|arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem]], which also violates this rule. Selwyn's pastoral staff or [[crozier]] is based on a hardwood [[Māori culture|Māori]] staff which is held in the College Chapel. The college was also granted an official badge, ''A Mitre Or within an Annulet Purpure''. Before an official grant by the [[College of Arms]], Selwyn College used [[heraldry|arms]] believed to be those borne by George Augustus Selwyn as Bishop of Lichfield;<ref>{{cite web|title=Selwyn College Arms|url=http://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/college-arms/|website=Selwyn College|access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> they are displayed above the main gateway, built in 1881, and on the Common Seal, first used in 1882. The college [[motto]] is a [[Bible|biblical]] quotation from [[First Epistle to the Corinthians|1 Corinthians]], [[1 Corinthians 16|chapter 16]], verse 13, in [[Koine Greek|Greek]], ''ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ''<ref>[http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~fisher/cgi-bin/gnt?id=0716 1 Corinthians 16]. Users.cs.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2013.</ref> (''andrízesthe''), translated in the [[King James Version]] as "Quit ye like men"<ref>[http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV1&byte=5072031 Bible, King James Version]. ''Hti.umich.edu''. Retrieved on 22 December 2013.</ref> (alternatively, in the [[Douay–Rheims]] version, "Do manfully"<ref>[http://www.sacredbible.org/challoner/NT-07_1-Corinthians.htm 1 Corinthians – Challoner Douay Rheims version of the Sacred Bible]. Sacredbible.org. Retrieved on 22 December 2013.</ref> or, in the [[New American Bible]], "Be courageous"<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/__PZL.HTM The New American Bible – IntraText]. Vatican.va. Retrieved on 22 December 2013.</ref>). A longer extract of the verse, "''ΣΤΗΚΕΤΕ ΕΝ ΤΗ ΠΙΣΤΕΙ ΑΝΔΡΙΖΕΣΘΕ''", is carved over the main College gate (the full Greek verse of 1 Corinthians 16:13 being "''Γρηγορεῖτε, στήκετε ἐν τῇ πίστει, ἀνδρίζεσθε, κραταιοῦσθε·''"; ''Grēgoreîte, stḗkete en têi pístei, andrízesthe, krataioûsthe'').
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