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Magdalen CloistersOxford: 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, greyscale

Places shown: Magdalen College; Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-06-20

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Cathedral Cloisters and King’s SchoolThe River Dee: Its Aspect and History (1875)

The King’s School was so named when Henry VIII founded it in 1541. The location shown in the woodcut is now (2007) a Barclays Bank.

King’s School, Chester, Web site

Keywords: cathedrals, schools, cloisters, windows, overgrown, greyscale

Places shown: Chester; Cheshire; England

Added: 2007-08-16

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Damascus, SyriaFamous Scenes and Cities (1894)

In this vintage photograph from 1893 or so, we see the rooftops of a city: domes, mosques with their minaret towers (one in the left foreground), and, at front, a building with cloistered walks on two [...]

Keywords: minarets, towers, cities, views, cityscapes, roofs, rooves, domes, arches, cloisters, greyscale

Places shown: DamascusDamascus; Syria

Added: 2020-09-19

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Old Bologna (1850s)Illustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

A montage in the style of a vintage postcard. Piazza Maggiore [main square]. Palazzo Governatio [Government palace]. Piazza de S. Domenico [Saint Dominic’s Square]. Torri degli Asinelli e Garisendi [A [...]

Keywords: bologna, buildings, medieval, cities, cityscapes, views, arches, cloisters, colonnades, columns, towers, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Bologna; Emilia-Romagna Italy

Added: 2024-12-08

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Much Wenlock Abbey (Wenlock Priory)The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

A man stands smoking his pipe in the ruined arch of this ancient abbey. Sheep gaze on are much away at the grass growing in the ruins of the cloisters. The man is presumably a shepherd, although it’ [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, people, animals, sheep, cloisters, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Wenlock Priory; Much Wenlock; Shropshire; England

Added: 2007-01-17

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Cloisters in Santa Scholastica, SubiacoVenice (1907)

One of the three cloisters in this Benedictine monastery; it was built by Abbot Lando in 1235, and is decorated on the vault with mosaic work by the Cosmati. See page 36 and interleaf, page 82. Page [...]

Keywords: cloisters, interiors, sunlight, people, windows, pillars, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Subiaco; San Lorenzo; Rome; Italy

Added: 2014-08-10

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