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ST. john’s college, oxford.
PlATE III. COMPARTMENT OF THE CHAPEL, ALL SoULS’ CoLLEGE.
An elevation of a single bay, or compartment, of the chapel is shewn in
this Plate, together with a section made through one pier. Attached to this
is seen part of one of the trusses of the roof, which is constructed of oak,
wrought in an ornamental fashion, and decorated with mouldings and carved
knots. The windows exhibit rather early examples of the obtusely pointed
arch.* The buttresses, pinnacles, and detail of mouldings, are all designed
with great neatness and precision. Several of the mouldings are here shewn
in sections of an enlarged scale.
Plate IV. Tracery at the Back of the Stalls in the Chapel.
The choir of All Souls’ Chapel has suffered so many alterations, at times
when every thing in architecture differing from the Five Orders was looked
upon as unworthy of study or imitation, that the original style is intermingled
with ornaments of most discordant taste.f This example is part of the
ancient design, and shews a very elegant specimen of the curved gable.
The details are simple and appropriate, sufhciently bold and rich, without
being crowded.
PLATE, No. 14—16.
ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD.
Founded A.D. 1555.
The buildings of St. John’s College are partly of an earlier date than the
present establishment, which was founded in the reign of Queen Mary, by
Sir Thomas White, a wealthy merchant and alderman of London, who
expended vast sums in public charity.
The entrance-tower, and other buildings of the first quadrangle, were
erected by Archbishop Chichele, who founded here a college for scholars of
# This observation applies only to Avindows. The flat arch was used much earlier in gateways,
where its shape was found more convenient than the high-pointed arch.
f Notwithstanding these architectural anomalies, the harmonious disposition of rich but
sober colour, heightened by gilding, spreads a charm through the interior of this chapel, which
has been generally felt.
ST. john’s college, oxford.
PlATE III. COMPARTMENT OF THE CHAPEL, ALL SoULS’ CoLLEGE.
An elevation of a single bay, or compartment, of the chapel is shewn in
this Plate, together with a section made through one pier. Attached to this
is seen part of one of the trusses of the roof, which is constructed of oak,
wrought in an ornamental fashion, and decorated with mouldings and carved
knots. The windows exhibit rather early examples of the obtusely pointed
arch.* The buttresses, pinnacles, and detail of mouldings, are all designed
with great neatness and precision. Several of the mouldings are here shewn
in sections of an enlarged scale.
Plate IV. Tracery at the Back of the Stalls in the Chapel.
The choir of All Souls’ Chapel has suffered so many alterations, at times
when every thing in architecture differing from the Five Orders was looked
upon as unworthy of study or imitation, that the original style is intermingled
with ornaments of most discordant taste.f This example is part of the
ancient design, and shews a very elegant specimen of the curved gable.
The details are simple and appropriate, sufhciently bold and rich, without
being crowded.
PLATE, No. 14—16.
ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD.
Founded A.D. 1555.
The buildings of St. John’s College are partly of an earlier date than the
present establishment, which was founded in the reign of Queen Mary, by
Sir Thomas White, a wealthy merchant and alderman of London, who
expended vast sums in public charity.
The entrance-tower, and other buildings of the first quadrangle, were
erected by Archbishop Chichele, who founded here a college for scholars of
# This observation applies only to Avindows. The flat arch was used much earlier in gateways,
where its shape was found more convenient than the high-pointed arch.
f Notwithstanding these architectural anomalies, the harmonious disposition of rich but
sober colour, heightened by gilding, spreads a charm through the interior of this chapel, which
has been generally felt.