King's/KC/KCHR/5 contains:
1	Silver matrix of the College seal
2	Two impressions from the College seal
3	Box of keys and seal
4	Sports trophy
5	College seal
6	Founder's Day Calligraphy

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Historical reference

Title	Silver matrix of the College seal
Reference	KCHR/5/1
Covering Dates	1449 (The seal is housed in a nineteenth century wooden box with broken red wax seal dated 1588.)
Extent and Medium	1 item; silver and wood

Content and context

In a gothic tabernacle it shows (centre) the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin; she is surrounded by clouds, and angels bear her up to God the Father, whose head and hands appear above; (right) St Nicholas, mitred and robed as a Bishop; (left) the Founder, kneeling in prayer. Legend: "Sigillu: coe preposit scolarium: collegii: rigalis (sic) be marie sci nicholai de cantebr". (Common seal of the College Royal of Blessed Mary and St Nicholas of Cambridge).

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