Main entry:

Colvin, Howard, 1919-2007.

Title & Author:

The Canterbury Quadrangle : St. John's College, Oxford / Howard Colvin.

Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Description:

xiii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of illustrations -- The building of the Canterbury Quadrangle -- The architecture of the Canterbury Quadrangle -- The library -- The president's lodgings -- The rooms in the Canterbury Quadrangle -- Repair and restoration 1636-1986 -- Appendices. The iconography of the virtues and liberal arts as represented in the sculptured decoration of the Canterbury Quadrangle -- Painted glass in the library -- Titles painted on the ends of the book-presses in the Old Library -- Letters from William Juxon, President of St John's College, to William Laud, Bishop of London, March 1631/2 -- Contract with Hubert le Sueur for bronze statues, 2 May 1633 -- The porch of St Mary's Church, Oxford.

Summary:

This book describes the design, construction, and conservation of one of the most famous and beautiful of Oxford's historic buildings: the quadrangle built in 1631-36 by William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Canterbury Quadrangle at St. John's College is one of the most famous and beautiful of Oxford's historic buildings. It was built in 1631-6 at the expense of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, as a gift to his old college and to celebrate his own rise to power as Chancellor of the University and one of the greatest men in Charles I's England. This book describes how the quadrangle was built, investigates the sources of the design and the iconography of the sculptural decoration, and puts forward some new ideas about the place of the Canterbury Quadrangle in English architectural history. The author also investigates the complicated history of the library which occupies two of its sides, and discusses the changing attitudes towards the conservation of the quadrangle that have prevailed during the last hundred years.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0199201595
9780199201594

Subject:

St. John's College (University of Oxford) Guidebooks.
St. John's College (University of Oxford) Canterbury Quadrangle.
St. John's College (University of Oxford) Descriptions.
St. John's College (University of Oxford)
St John's College Oxford
Oxford Saint John's College.
Oxford Saint John's College Canterbury Quadrangle.
Buildings
Architektur
Geschichte
Oxford (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
England Oxford
Saint John's College Oxford Canterbury Quadrangle
Oxfordshire Oxford Universities Colleges: St John's College (University of Oxford). Canterbury Quadrangle Architectural features

Form/genre:

Guidebooks

Holdings:

Location: Library main 37665
Call No.: ID:88-B8605
Status: Available