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. [1]ISO 200, 23mm, f/5.0, 1/1400s.
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. [2]ISO 3200, 23mm, f/4.0, 1/20s.
Hertford Bridge, often called "the Bridge of Sighs", is a skyway joining two parts of Hertford College over New College Lane.ISO 200, 23mm, f/5.0, 1/1100s.
University College has a claim to being the oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1249 by William of Durham.ISO 200, 23mm, f/5.0, 1/250s.
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.ISO 200, 23mm, f/5.0, 1/680s.
The church is the centre from which the University of Oxford grew and its parish consists almost exclusively of university and college buildings. ISO 1250, 23mm, f/5.0, 1/60s.
"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."ISO 200, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/125s.
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.ISO 3200, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/25s.
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. [3]ISO 3200, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/10s.
