Oxford. University Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
- Title:
- Oxford. University Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Stone, Nicholas (Architect)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1865-ca. 1885 (photograph)
1280-ca. 1637 (building)
1637 (sculpture)
- Location:
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- ID Number:
- 10066023
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00843
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10066023.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Madonna and Child
Oxford University, Oxford, England
University campuses
churches (buildings)
religious buildings
object sculpture
niches
spires
Crenellations
tracery
gates
wrought iron (iron alloy)
Virgin Mary
Jesus Christ
Mother and child
New Testament
spirelets
crocket
Arched portals
entrances
Columns
photographs - Measurement:
- 17.78 x 22.86 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "There has probably been a church on this site since Anglo-Saxon times. The earliest part of the present building is the Tower (1280) with its profusely decorated spire (1315-25). . . . One enters from the High Street through the 'barley sugar' columns of the 'Virgin Porch', designed by Nicholas Stone in 1637 and partly paid for by Archbishop Laud's chaplain Dr Morgan Owen. The placing of a statue of the Virgin and Child above the porch was one of the charges brought against L aud by his Puritan opponents at his trial in 1641. The bullet holes in the statue were made by Cromwellian troopers." (Source: St. Mary's Website, http://www.university-church.ox.ac.uk/history.htm )
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.