The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge, and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton, Volume 3University Press, 1886 |
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The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge and of the Colleges ... John Willis Clark,Robert Willis No preview available - 2017 |
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Accounts alterations Archbishop architect architectural arrangement Basevi Bishop bookcases Botanic built Caius College Cambridge Catharine's Hall chambers Chancellor chapel Church Clare Hall cloister Cockerell completed contain Corpus Christi College dated desk Divinity School Docts door east side Emmanuel College entrance erected feet floor gallery Garden gate Gonville and Caius Gonville Hall Grace ground ground-floor ground-plan History of Trinity House Ibid Item Jesus College John's College June King King's College Lane latter Lecture Lecture-Room Library Loggan's Magdalene College March Master Master's Lodge Merton College north side occupied Oriel Oriel College original Oxford parish Parlour Pembroke College Peterhouse placed present probably Professor Willis proposed quadrangle Queens Regent Report roof scholars School Street Senate Senate-House shewn shews Sidney Sussex College Souls College south side staircase statutes stone supra Syndicate Syndicate appointed Trinity College Trinity Hall University Vice-Chancellor wainscot wall west side William
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Page 27 - King George, observing with judicious eyes The state of both his Universities, To Oxford sent a troop of horse, and why? — That learned body wanted loyalty : To Cambridge books he sent, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning.
Page 325 - In the north syde of the Cloister, from the corner over against the Church dour to the corner over againste the Dorter dour, was all fynely glased from the hight to the sole within a litle of the grownd into the Cloister garth. And in every wyndowe iij Pewes or Carrells, where every one of the old Monks had his carrell, several!
Page 722 - THE WOODCUTTERS OF THE NETHERLANDS during the last quarter of the Fifteenth Century. In three parts.
Page 511 - Nulli, ergo, omnino hominum liceat hanc paginam nostre concessionis infringere uel ei ausu temerario contraire. Si quis, autem, hoc attemptare presumpserit, indignationem omnipotentis Dei et beatorum Petri et Pauli, Apostolorum eius, se nouerit incursurum.
Page 325 - ... unto evensong tyme. This was there exercise every daie. All there pewes or carrells was all fynely wainscotted and verie close, all but the forepart, which had carved wourke that gave light in at ther carrell doures of wainscott. And in every carrell was a desko to lye there bookes on. And the carrells was no greater than from one stanchell of the wyndowe to another.
Page 375 - Maister thereof, the house being to this end, to haue a fyre keapt in yt all wynter for the Mounckes to cume and warme them at, being allowed no fyre but that onely. Except the Maisters and officers of the house who had there severall fyres.
Page 27 - The king to Oxford sent his troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.
Page 423 - It is obvious that reading under these conditions would be convenient enough so long as the students were few, but if they were numerous and the books chained too closely together much annoyance must have been caused. When the University of Oxford petitioned Humphrey Duke of Gloucester in 1444 to help them to build a new library, they specially dwelt upon the obstacles to study arising from the overcrowded condition of the old room.
Page 480 - Within the said treasury was a strong iron grate, set fast in the groundwork, in the roof, and in either wall, the breadth of the house, so fast as not to be broken, and in the midst of the grate a door of iron, according to the workmanship of the grate, with a strong lock upon it and two great shuts of iron for the said door.
Page 334 - ... by sufferance thereof, the rest of the colleges, specially such as be so replenished with young students as the very rooms and buildings be not answerable for such families of women and young children, should follow the like example: and therefore expressly willeth and...