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 ... 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 PlatesJ. Cooke, 1798 - 152 pages |
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Page 33
... handsome qua- drangle . The Chapel is 100 feet long , and 30 broad . In the arched roof is a piece of painting by Sir James Thornhill . The windows are admirably painted ; the fubject of that over the Altar , by Mr. Price in 1717 , is ...
... handsome qua- drangle . The Chapel is 100 feet long , and 30 broad . In the arched roof is a piece of painting by Sir James Thornhill . The windows are admirably painted ; the fubject of that over the Altar , by Mr. Price in 1717 , is ...
Page 34
... handsome cupola with eight Ionic co- lumns , and all the proper ornaments of that order . The outside of the whole is a Doric building , and the infide of the Hall beautified with the fame order : but the infide of the Chapel is ...
... handsome cupola with eight Ionic co- lumns , and all the proper ornaments of that order . The outside of the whole is a Doric building , and the infide of the Hall beautified with the fame order : but the infide of the Chapel is ...
Page 36
... handsome Gothic Quadrangle , of 100 feet fquare . Over the Gate , at our entrance , on the outfide , is a Statue of Queen Anne , and within another of James II . Over the eastern entrance , on the outfide , is a Statue of Queen Mary ...
... handsome Gothic Quadrangle , of 100 feet fquare . Over the Gate , at our entrance , on the outfide , is a Statue of Queen Anne , and within another of James II . Over the eastern entrance , on the outfide , is a Statue of Queen Mary ...
Page 39
... handsome apartments , on the east , adorned with two beautiful Gothic Towers . This court is in length from north to fouth about 172 feet , and in breadth 155. The Chapel of this college is about 70 feet long , and 30 broad ; the Ante ...
... handsome apartments , on the east , adorned with two beautiful Gothic Towers . This court is in length from north to fouth about 172 feet , and in breadth 155. The Chapel of this college is about 70 feet long , and 30 broad ; the Ante ...
Page 59
... this Society , in which are feveral handsome apartments . This Infcription is on the north fide , by defire of the Founder : VERBUM NON AMPLIUS FISHER . C 6 Sir Sir John Balliol , of Bernard Castle , in Yorkshire FOR OXFORD . 59.
... this Society , in which are feveral handsome apartments . This Infcription is on the north fide , by defire of the Founder : VERBUM NON AMPLIUS FISHER . C 6 Sir Sir John Balliol , of Bernard Castle , in Yorkshire FOR OXFORD . 59.
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