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where students matriculate and graduate. At the far end from the Bodleian Library entrance, a door leads to
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Looking east from the doorway of Convocation House towards the entrance to the courtyard.
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The interior of the Divinity School, looking west to the doorway of
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View of the north face of the Divinity School, Oxford, facing the
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Convocation House
Perpendicular
Oxford
England
University of Oxford
theology
Faculty of Theology and Religion
lierne vaulting
William Orchard
Bodleian Library
Duke Humfrey's Library
Sheldonian Theatre
Convocation House
The external door, added by Christopher Wren in 1669 for access to the Sheldonian Theatre, mounted with the University coat of arms.
Christopher Wren
Sheldonian Theatre
View of the north face of the Divinity School, Oxford, facing the Sheldonian Theatre.
Sheldonian Theatre
Divinity School ceiling with lierne vaulting in the Perpendicular style.
lierne vaulting
Perpendicular
Looking east from the doorway of Convocation House towards the entrance to the courtyard.


Oxford University Press
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0-19-285129-2
Historic England
"Divinity School (1047185)"

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