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Title: The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Willis, Robert, 1800-1875 Clark, John Willis, 1833-1910
Subjects: University of Cambridge Eton College
Publisher: Cambridge (Eng.) : The University Press
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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Fig. 5. Ground-plan of the buildings surrounding the Schools Quadrangle, to shew the original arrangement.
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Fig. 6. Plan of the first floor of the Schools Quadrangle, to shew the original arrange VOL III. 2 i8 SCHOOLS, LIBRARY, SENATE-HOUSE. (CHAP. A rose was a cognisance of King Edward the Fourth ; anda black bull was sometimes used by him as a supporter, just asa boar was used by King Richard the Third, both as Duke ofGloucester and as King. It may therefore be suggested thatthese devices were intended to commemorate the reign of theformer, in which the structure had been built, and some specialbenefaction of the latter; and it is not improbable that Arch-bishop Parker, or the scribe whom he employed, may havewritten Humphry, when he should have written Richard, in therecord of those who had contributed to the building of theLibrary and the Gateway. In the elevation of the east front of the Schools whichillustrates Archbishop Parkers Essay (fig. 7), the gate is orna-mented with three coats of arms, as shewn by Loggan, and,further, with a rose, a portcullis, and two flowers which seem tobe

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