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Há 5 dias · Merton College. The buildings form the earliest example of collegiate planning in Oxford. The chapel with its glass, brasses and monuments, the ironwork on the hall-door, the bosses of the Fitzjames gateway and the fittings of the library are all noteworthy.
Há 3 dias · Its development continued throughout the 13th century, with the establishment of now-famous colleges like Merton (1264), Balliol (1263), and University College (1249). By 1355, when a student brawl erupted into a deadly riot, Oxford University was renowned across Europe – but still a very different place than the cosmopolitan institution we know today.
Há 4 dias · Plate 148: Merton College, Glass in Side Windows of Chapel. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1939. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved.
Há 4 dias · Oxford, University of: Pembroke College. Chapel Quad, Pembroke College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Beginning in the 13th century, the university gained charters from the crown, but the religious foundations in Oxford town were suppressed during the Protestant Reformation.
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Há 4 dias · Jesus College, Cambridge manages maintains a choir with boys in the front row while Merton College, Oxford does so with girls, and yet neither of them require choristers to attend a specific school in order to participate. In material from the choral foundations, one reads over and over again what a wonderful opportunity it is for the choristers.
Há 5 dias · The new building was opened in 1846 (architect R. N. Clark of Nottingham), and enlarged in 1847 and 1852. The contractor was then John Castle of Oxford and the architects H. J. Underwood and after his death J. C. Buckler. In 1883 a new chapel to seat 300 was added, together with a house for the resident medical officer.
Há 2 dias · Archbishop Walter de Merton founded Merton College, Oxford and three different popes – Gregory IX, Nicholas IV, and John XXII – gave Cambridge the legal protection and status to compete with other European medieval universities. Augustinians also had a significant presence at Oxford.
