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Page 1: King's college

Submitted By-

Kanika Thakur

Ramniwas

Vinoti Kabara

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King's College is one of the oldest colleges in Cambridge. The king went great lengths to ensure that the chapel was without equal and the construction took nearly a century to complete. Built in the Perpendicular style it looks more like a small cathedral than a chapel and even gives that impression inside.

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King’s College Chapel

• The Chapel has a total length of 289 feet, and the width of the main vault is 40 feet. The interior height is 80 feet and the exterior height is 94 feet.It has a simple rectangular shape.It features the world's largest fan vault, constructed between 1512 and 1515 by master mason John Wastell.

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King’s College Chapel (far left) overlooking the Cam River

• The architect of the chapel is disputed. Reginald Ely, who was commissioned in 1444 as the head press mason, was a possible architect of the chapel. However, Nicholas Close , was recorded as being the surveyor, which has been generally accepted to be synonymous with architect.

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Chapel nave and choir screen

• All of these chapels are designed for the saying and singing of masses

• The body of a church is very small, not much space for a congregation, and the important space is for the clergy.

• King’s College Choir is considered one of the finest in the world.

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Stained and Painted Glass Windows

• The walls are filled with huge stained and painted glass windows. All were made between 1515 and 1547 by Dutch and English glass painters. Together these windows are the most complete collection of early 16th-century glass in England.

• Each window contains four main scenes. The lower lights on the north side depict the lives of the Virgin Mary and Christ up to the Passion, which is shown in the East Window.

• The ceiling is all half fans of stone, delicately crimped, sweeping to meet each other along the nave. It is as well to be indoors on a sunny day, if “indoors” has such a body of stained glass.

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The Great Windows

• The windows of King's College Chapel are some of the finest in the world from their era. There are 12 large windows on each side of the chapel, and larger windows at the east and west ends. With the exception of the west window they are by Flemish hands and date from 1515 to 1531.

• Barnard Flower, the first non-Englishman appointed as the King's Glazier, completed four windows.

• Gaylon Hone with three partners (two English and one Flemish) are responsible for the east window and 16 others between 1526 and 1531. The final four were made by Francis Williamson and Symon Symondes.

• The one modern window is that in the west wall, which is by the Clayton and Bell company and dates from 1879.

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The Great East Windows

• The Great East Window, shown here, depicts the passion and crucifixion of Christ, is the last window to be completed.Below the window is 'the Adoration of the Magi' painted by Rubens in 1634.

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This shows a detail view including part of the carved frieze below the windows.

Notice that one of the decorations is different from the others and is, in fact, a person's head. This is the stonemason's self portrait left by him as a form of signature.

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Plan of Fan Vaulting in King’s College Chapel

• A fan vault is a form of vault used in the Gothic style, in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan.

• The largest fan vault in the world can be found in the chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

• The ribs of a fan vault are of equal curvature and rotated at equal distances around a central (vertical) axis, forming the conoid shape which gives rise to the name. In between sequences of conoids, flat central spandrels fill the space.The ceiling is all half fans of stone, delicately crimped, sweeping to meet each other along

the nave.

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The Chapel Roof (not open to the public)

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Gatehouse and Screen

• The Gatehouse and Screen from outside in King's Parade with the east end of the chapel standing prominently beyond. The rather interesting architecture originates from the design of William Wilkins (who also designed the National Gallery in London) in the 1820s.

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South Side of the Chapel

• During the first 15 years of construction the stone used came from quarries at Tadcaster in Yorkshire which the college owned.

• There was a pause in the work at this time. Work restarted 22 years later but a different stone was used. The demarcation line between the two types of stone can be seen in the buttresses.

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West Door

• The West Door with its variety of adornments including Tudor Roses.

• This door is supposedly used only by Archbishops and Kings.

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West Facade from the Cam River.

Side View of King’s College Chapel

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The Main Gatehouse

• The Main Gatehouse from inside Front Court with the Wilkin's Building just showing on the right.

• The Fountain, in the right half of the picture, is surmounted by a statue of Henry VI with the symbolic figures of Religion and Learning seated below.

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Main Dining Room, King’s College , Cambridge(2nd Floor, lights lit for diner)

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“The outside of the chapel…its high domes and pinnacles can be seen

like a sailing ship always voyaging never arriving, lit up at night and

visible for miles..”

(King’s College, Cambridge )