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Front Cover, Cambridge Cambridge (1920)

The front cover; my copy has a dust jacket which is in place in this scan.

Keywords: colour, book covers

Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-06-21

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The Great Court, Trinity College Cambridge (1920)

“The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, though inheriting much from the earlier college—King’s Hall—which was set up by Edward II and his son Edward III, owes almost everything to King Henry V [...]

Keywords: colour, towers, flowers, colleges

Places shown: Trinity College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-06-21

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The Kitchen Wall, Peterhouse Cambridge (1920)

“But the history of the English Universities must be considered as that of communities into whose lives colleges were introduced for a social rather than a scholastic purpose. Cambridge grew into a se [...]

Keywords: colour, colleges, buildings, courtyards

Places shown: Peterhouse College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-06-28

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129.—Wall of Burgh Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Burgh Castle is next to Breydon Water on the Norfolk/Suffolk border (today it seems to be in Norfolk, but this Web site uses the 1900 borders so as to be closer to historical sources). It is (or was) [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, roman remains, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Burgh Castle; Suffolk; England

Added: 2004-04-06

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The Old Hall, Corpus Christi College Cambridge (1920)

Corpus Christi college was founded in A.D. 1352.“Before turning to the more modern aspect of Cambridge, the subject demands that something should be said of those notable periods of prosperity, the fi [...]

Keywords: colour, colleges, buildings, courtyards, creeper, windows

Places shown: Corpus Christi College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-08-17

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Interior of S. Sepulchre Church, Cambridge. A Short History of the English People (1902)

Built c. 114 – 1130.Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge.Built by a Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, to whom the Abbot and Convent of Ramsey gave for that purpose, between 1114 and 1130, a burial [...]

Keywords: churches, norman england, interiors, pillars, norman architecture, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2011-07-26

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Erasmus’ Tower, Queen’s College Cambridge (1920)

“The fifteenth century saw four more Colleges added to the list of Cambridge Houses: King’s, 1441; Queens’, 1448; St. Catharine’s, 1473; Jesus, 1495.” (p. 22)

Keywords: colour, colleges, buildings

Places shown: Queens’ College; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2006-09-07

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398.—Norwich Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Vol I, p.398, figs 308 and 389: Norwich Castle

Keywords: castles, colour

Places shown: Norwich; Norfolk; England

Added: 2002-09-30

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399.—Norwich Castle Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“[...] Hugh Bigod, who had sworn that Henry had appointed Stephen his successor, was the first to hold out against the king in the Castle of Norwich, which his ancestor had built. Norwich was a regul [...]

Keywords: castles, people, trees, arches, greyscale

Places shown: Norwich; Norfolk; England

Added: 2003-08-31

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The Round Church Cambridge and its Story (1912)

“At a point where the High Street, now Trinity Street, branches off from Bridge Street stands the church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the four round churches of England. (The others are: S. Sepulchre [...]

Keywords: churches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; England

Added: 2007-01-22

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574.—Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. This engraving shows an overall view of this Early English style cathedral.

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, religion, churches, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-06-18

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576.—Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Lincoln Cathedral in the 1800s. The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. This wood-engraving shows an overall view of this Early English style cathedral. (the page in [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-07-22

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577.—Interior of Lincoln Cathedral. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Nave, unequalled, it is supposed, in the world for its combined magnitude and beauty of proportion, and the curious Galilee porch, so richly decorated, are among the next additions; the use of the [...]

Keywords: interiors, cathedrals, churches, windows, pews, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-25

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580. – Early English Turret, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text.Early Englishis an architectural term, meaning the English style of building with Gothic pointed arches that was used predomin [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, architecture, towers, spires, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-09-18

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583.—Bracket, Chapter Housse, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

They don’t make brackets like this any more! A carved stone folaiate bracket with a human face or head at the base. This is surely the sort of Gothic ornament that inspired the Gothic Revival!

Keywords: architecture, ornaments, carving, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2012-03-27

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584.—Bracket, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A bracket, possibly a corbel supporting the end of an arch, in the form of a winged angel holding a shield with a cross on it.

Keywords: angels, statuary, carving, religion, spirit, christmas, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-12-09

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585.—Boss, Nave, Lincoln. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A woodcut showing a medieval wooden boss, or decorative carving, in this case with a rose motif, used to cover a joint in the Nave of Lincoln Cathedral, possibly in the ceiling.I also made a somewhat [...]

Keywords: ornaments, architecture, carving, greyscale

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-27

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Boss, Nave, Lincoln Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I took th woodcut of thebosssnd coloured it as it might (or might not) have been painted.

Keywords: colour, art, carving, ornaments, architecture

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2011-04-27

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703.—Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The village of Walsingham is alive and well; the Abbey itself was largely destroyed in 1538 during the English Reformation and became a private house.The memory of our “Lady ofWalsingham” demands long [...]

Keywords: abbeys, ruins, arches, colour

Places shown: Walsingham Abbey; Norfolk; England

Added: 1999-10-28

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1313.—Font in East Dereham Church, Norfolk Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and dates from the Norman period (11th or early 12th Century). The Seven Sacrament Font shown here was made in 1488. The eighth side of the font shows the cru [...]

Keywords: fonts, churches, sculpture, greyscale

Places shown: East Dereham; Norfolk; England

Added: 2004-06-13

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