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.
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