A New Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Descriptions of the Buildings, ... at Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham and Stow, ... A New Edition, Corrected, Much Enlarged, and Adorned with a Plan of the University and City, and Six Other Plates |
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Page 22
... door is a very good Statue of the Founder by Ryfbrack . Over the En- trance of one of the Galleries is a Buft of Gibbs , the Architect . The firft Stone of this fuperb Build- ing was laid May 17 , A. D. 1737 ; and being com- pletely ...
... door is a very good Statue of the Founder by Ryfbrack . Over the En- trance of one of the Galleries is a Buft of Gibbs , the Architect . The firft Stone of this fuperb Build- ing was laid May 17 , A. D. 1737 ; and being com- pletely ...
Page 37
... door of the Chapel . The Altar Window was given by Dr. Radcliffe , as appears by its infcrip- tion , A. D. 1687 : the other windows are of fine old painted Glafs , well worthy attention . The roof of the Chapel is a well - wrought frame ...
... door of the Chapel . The Altar Window was given by Dr. Radcliffe , as appears by its infcrip- tion , A. D. 1687 : the other windows are of fine old painted Glafs , well worthy attention . The roof of the Chapel is a well - wrought frame ...
Page 39
... door is a very fine Buft of the Founder , Archbishop Chichele , in white marble , done by Mr. Roubiliac . The elegance of the room , and the choicenefs of the collection , confifting greatly of fearce and foreign books , make this ...
... door is a very fine Buft of the Founder , Archbishop Chichele , in white marble , done by Mr. Roubiliac . The elegance of the room , and the choicenefs of the collection , confifting greatly of fearce and foreign books , make this ...
Page 42
... door of the Refectory are two very an- cient Bufts : the one of Alfred the Great , the first Founder ( deemed one of the beft reprefentations of that great monarch ) ; the other of John Eregina , a Scotfman , the first Lecturer in ...
... door of the Refectory are two very an- cient Bufts : the one of Alfred the Great , the first Founder ( deemed one of the beft reprefentations of that great monarch ) ; the other of John Eregina , a Scotfman , the first Lecturer in ...
Page 77
... door , is that of Mr. Anthony Wood , the famous Antiquary . And near the entrance into the Chapel is a very neat , though small one , for the late Warden , Dr. Wyntle . In the Hall , to which we afcend by a D 3 In FOR OXFORD . 77.
... door , is that of Mr. Anthony Wood , the famous Antiquary . And near the entrance into the Chapel is a very neat , though small one , for the late Warden , Dr. Wyntle . In the Hall , to which we afcend by a D 3 In FOR OXFORD . 77.
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