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BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.
This Plate shews one complete bay, or compartment, on the north side, in an
external elevation, together with a perpendicular section, and several parts
at large.*
A comparison of this Plate with Plate I. will shew the difference of style
between the choir and transept. In the choir the design appears more bold
and vigorous, whilst the later example shews a more delicate taste in the
moulded details. The cornice under the parapet of the choir is most curiously
sculptured.
PLATE, No. 6, 7.
BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.
Founded A.D. 1282.
The ancient buildings of this college have been so much mutilated, that very
few parts remain sufficiently perfect to serve as architectural models. The
entrance-tower and about one half of the quadrangle were erected in the
fifteenth century, and were originally of elegant architecture; but the beauty
of this court is much injured by the eastern apartments, which were rebuilt
about a century ago, in the modern style, forming a huge, heavy, and
clumsy pile.
Fortunately this exquisite window has escaped with little injury.f It
belongs to a chamber in the master’s lodgings, at the upper end of the hall,
on the north side of the quadrangle. The arms sculptured on the corbels or
pendents, shew it to have been erected by William Grey, Bishop of Ely,^; and
sometime Lord Treasurer of England. This prelate was of the noble family
of the Lords Grey of Codnor, and is known to have contributed to the build-
ings of this college, where he commenced his education.
So rich and beautiful an example of the oriel, or bay-window, can rarely
be seen.§ The proportions are good, and the delicacy of its sculptured
ornaments give to the exterior an air of Corinthian richness.
* See “ Specimens of Gothic Architecture,” vol. i. Plates 73, 75, and vol. ii. Plates 18, 26,
and. 39, for some details of other parts.
f The plain embattled parapet is of modern work.
t From 1454 to 1478.
§ At Lincoln College is another window of the same style, and nearly alike to this in most
of the details.
BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.
This Plate shews one complete bay, or compartment, on the north side, in an
external elevation, together with a perpendicular section, and several parts
at large.*
A comparison of this Plate with Plate I. will shew the difference of style
between the choir and transept. In the choir the design appears more bold
and vigorous, whilst the later example shews a more delicate taste in the
moulded details. The cornice under the parapet of the choir is most curiously
sculptured.
PLATE, No. 6, 7.
BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.
Founded A.D. 1282.
The ancient buildings of this college have been so much mutilated, that very
few parts remain sufficiently perfect to serve as architectural models. The
entrance-tower and about one half of the quadrangle were erected in the
fifteenth century, and were originally of elegant architecture; but the beauty
of this court is much injured by the eastern apartments, which were rebuilt
about a century ago, in the modern style, forming a huge, heavy, and
clumsy pile.
Fortunately this exquisite window has escaped with little injury.f It
belongs to a chamber in the master’s lodgings, at the upper end of the hall,
on the north side of the quadrangle. The arms sculptured on the corbels or
pendents, shew it to have been erected by William Grey, Bishop of Ely,^; and
sometime Lord Treasurer of England. This prelate was of the noble family
of the Lords Grey of Codnor, and is known to have contributed to the build-
ings of this college, where he commenced his education.
So rich and beautiful an example of the oriel, or bay-window, can rarely
be seen.§ The proportions are good, and the delicacy of its sculptured
ornaments give to the exterior an air of Corinthian richness.
* See “ Specimens of Gothic Architecture,” vol. i. Plates 73, 75, and vol. ii. Plates 18, 26,
and. 39, for some details of other parts.
f The plain embattled parapet is of modern work.
t From 1454 to 1478.
§ At Lincoln College is another window of the same style, and nearly alike to this in most
of the details.