Items by Thomas,R. Kent

Old Episcopal Palace.

Tudor houses with mullioned windows; I think that this building is not mentioned in the text.

Keywords: buildings, windows

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2008-08-04

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Frontispiece: Magdalen Tower.

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas.

Keywords: colleges, bridges, boats, people, trees, towers

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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The Muniment Room at Merton College

From a Drawing by R. Kent Thomas. (I think the Muniment Room was built to hold manuscripts, but I am not certain) “The time is the end of the fourteenth century. The forest and the moor stretch to the [...]

Keywords: entrances, colleges, windows

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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Martyrs Memorial

“In Broad Street, under the windows of Balliol, there is a small stone cross in the pavement. This marks the place where, some years ago, a great heap of wooden ashes was found. These ashes were the [...]

Keywords: monuments, spires, religion

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-04-30

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Merton College

From an Etching by R. Kent Thomas. “It appears that [Queen’s College] was also anxious to pull down the chamber of King Henry V. This is a strange craze for destruction, that some time ago endangered [...]

Keywords: colleges, bridges, arches, people

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

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