Items matching entrances taken from Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

entrances: a way in. A doorway, perhaps an archway.

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Pictures from Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes by Andrew Lang, M.A., sometime Fellow of Merton College, Oxford [1844 – 1912]; sixth edition, Seely & Co. Ltd., London, 1896.

There are some more pictures of Oxford done by Haslehust, in colour.

I am working on a transcription of this book. I found one online at worldwideschool.org but it lacks the images, and has many errors.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Andrew Lang.

The Stone Pulpit at Magdalen College.

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunnet-Debaines.

Keywords: colleges, windows, towers, churches, creeper, people, dogs, entrances

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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Magdalen Cloisters

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

The tower is also featured in several paintings by Haslehust’s illustrations of Oxford.

Keywords: colleges, cloisters, entrances, courtyards, creeper, gothic, churches, towers, people, arches, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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Porch of St. Mary’s

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: entrances, colleges, churches, pillars, people, gothic

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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Niches at Oriel

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: gothic, windows, entrances, statues, colleges

Places shown: Oriel College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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The Gateway of St. John’s College

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by H. Toussaint. St. John’s College, Oxford, was founded in 1555, replacing an earlier college abolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The statue of St. Bernard [I think] [...]

Keywords: colleges, gothic, arches, entrances, statues, people

Places shown: St. John’s College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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The Muniment Room at Merton College

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

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

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St John’s College

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From a Drawing by A. Brunet-Debaines. External link to St. John’s College website. St John’s College was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White and named after St. John the Baptist (the patron saint of t [...]

Keywords: colleges, entrances, trees, people, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

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