Oxford Photography - M1key - Michal Huniewicz
Oxford University
Oxford is the second oldest university in the world in continuous operation. In the photo, the Balliol College.
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Trinity College
The Trinity College in Oxford has produced three Prime Ministers of Britain (although the bar for this role doesn't seem to be particularly high at the moment...). Oxford is the second oldest university in the world in continuous operation. [
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Ashmolean Museum
The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford's museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683.
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Egyptian Smile
The museum boasts many ancient Egyptian artefacts.
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Little Feet
Based on CT scans, the contemporary artist Angela Palmer recreated the mummy in ink drawings on 111 sheets of glass, allowing viewers a glimpse of the infant’s body without disturbing his protective wrappings. The boy died of pneumonia in 100 AD. [
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Myrtale, the Wife of Claudius Agathemerus
Claudius Agathemerus was a first century ancient Greek physician.
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Messiah Stradivarius
It is considered to be the only Stradivarius in existence in as new state.
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Bridge of Sighs
Hertford Bridge, often called "the Bridge of Sighs", is a skyway joining two parts of Hertford College over New College Lane.
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Lantern Waste
At new College Lane.
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University College Oxford
University College has a claim to being the oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1249 by William of Durham.
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Merton College
This College's notable alumni and academics past and present include four Nobel laureates and writer J. R. R. Tolkien who was Merton Professor of English Language and Literature from 1945 to 1959.
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All Souls College
All Souls is one of the wealthiest colleges in Oxford, with a financial endowment of £420.2 million (2018).
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Radcliffe Camera
This is an academic library.
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Stone Head Outside The Bodleian Library
With over 12 million items, the Bodleian Library is the second-largest library in Britain after the British Library.
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Jesus College Dining Hall
A dining hall.
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Keep off the Grass
This grass is well looked after.
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Christ Church College
This college was founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII.
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Lincoln College
The front quad of the Lincoln College.
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Plate
While these plates may have seen better times, they're in a better state than those I bought at Zara Home!
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Turl Street
Timber framing in the commercial part of Oxford.
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Scriptum
We found this amazing shop with globes.
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Books
And with loads of beautiful books.
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Church of St Mary the Virgin
The church is the centre from which the University of Oxford grew and its parish consists almost exclusively of university and college buildings.
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St Peter-in-the-East
Seated statue of St Edmund of Abingdon in the churchyard.
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New College
One of the more atmospheric places.
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St Mary's Church, Witney
We visited the market town of Witney.
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Swinbrook
Here's a village called Swinbrook.
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Skull
I found this skull.
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St. Mary's Chuch, Swinbrook
Fabulous sculptures in the local church.
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English Flag
The place was so Diablo 1 (Tristram).
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Burford
We then visited Burford.
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Hebrews 11:13
"All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth."
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Cadaver Tomb
This is a cadaver tomb. They were common in the late Middle Ages. They are often double decker tombs, and feature a skeleton or a rotting corpse. Sometimes vermin is depicted too. See also: Danse Macabre.
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Church Path
And a lovely church path.
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Great Hall of Christ Church College
The Great Hall of Christ Church College.
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Well Used
The dining hall cutlery and plates.
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Dining Table
Once mentioned by Shakespeare, the college is probably most famous these days for having been featured in Harry Potter.
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Harry Potter
For that reason, half a million tourists visit annually.
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Rieger Organ
Only the case remains from the original Father Smith instrument dating from 1680, a time after the Restoration of Charles II when organs which had been removed by the Puritans were being replaced. [
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Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Ape swinging from a branch.
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Spider
A disgusting spider in the Oxford Museum of Natural History.
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Owl
An owl.
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Outlined
A dinosaur outline for the blind.
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Skeletons
Plenty of skeletons.
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T-Rex
I came to see a shrunken head, but unfortunately they closed that part of the museum before I could see it.
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Malt House
Thanks for checking out the photos.
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