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 Plates |
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When the place was first fortified does not appear ; but the walls , of which fome
parts are still remaining , were raised upon former foundations , about the time of
the Conquest , by Robert D'Oilie , who erected the Castle at the command of the ...
When the place was first fortified does not appear ; but the walls , of which fome
parts are still remaining , were raised upon former foundations , about the time of
the Conquest , by Robert D'Oilie , who erected the Castle at the command of the ...
Page 2
Alfred is supposed by some to have been its founder ; but Alfred rather appears
to have restored it , in an age of confusion and ignorance , and to have been the
father of that esta . blishment and security , whịch , notwithstanding some ...
Alfred is supposed by some to have been its founder ; but Alfred rather appears
to have restored it , in an age of confusion and ignorance , and to have been the
father of that esta . blishment and security , whịch , notwithstanding some ...
Page 26
The West Window , painted in claro obscuro , was done after a design of
Schwartz , as appears by a print engraved by Sadelar from the original . It
reprefents the Resurrection ; and , by the print , was certainly a grand design ; but
the beauty of ...
The West Window , painted in claro obscuro , was done after a design of
Schwartz , as appears by a print engraved by Sadelar from the original . It
reprefents the Resurrection ; and , by the print , was certainly a grand design ; but
the beauty of ...
Page 27
... may juftly be deemed excellent Anatomical Drawings , yet , for want of that
easy and natural dispofition peculiar to the last - mentioned great Master , and
better colouring , the whole appears crude , and perhaps had not the last
finishing .
... may juftly be deemed excellent Anatomical Drawings , yet , for want of that
easy and natural dispofition peculiar to the last - mentioned great Master , and
better colouring , the whole appears crude , and perhaps had not the last
finishing .
Page 37
The Altar Window was given by Dr. Radcliffe , as appears by its inscription , A. D.
1687 : the other windows are of fine old painted Glass , well worthy attention .
The roof of the Chapel is a well - wrought frame of Norway oak . The Hall , at the ...
The Altar Window was given by Dr. Radcliffe , as appears by its inscription , A. D.
1687 : the other windows are of fine old painted Glass , well worthy attention .
The roof of the Chapel is a well - wrought frame of Norway oak . The Hall , at the ...
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| Title | 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 ... |
| Publisher | J. Cooke, 1798 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2016 |
| Length | 152 pages |
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