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The Devinity School
The Divinity School is a beautiful medieval building and room in the Perpendicular style (Late Gothic) in Oxford, England, part of the University of Oxford. Built 1427–83, it is the oldest surviving purpose-built building for university use, specifically for lectures and discussions on theology. The ceiling consists of very elaborate lierne vaulting with bosses.
The building is physically attached to the Bodleian Library and is also next to the Sheldonian Theatre.
The Perpendicular style began to emerge c. 1350. It was a development of the Decorated style of the late 13th century and early 14th century, and lasted into the mid 16th century.
This perpendicular linearity is particularly obvious in the design of windows, which became very large, sometimes of immense size, with slimmer stone mullions (a structural element which divides adjacent window units) than in earlier periods, allowing greater scope for stained glass craftsmen. The mullions of the windows are carried up into the arch moulding of the windows, and the upper portion is subdivided by additional mullions. Buttresses (an architectural structure built against ,a counterfort, or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall) and wall surfaces are likewise divided up into vertical panels. Another major development of this period was fan vaulting.
A fan vault is a form of vault (an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof) in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan. The initiation and propagation of this design element is strongly associated with England.
The Devinity School
The Divinity School is a beautiful medieval building and room in the Perpendicular style (Late Gothic) in Oxford, England, part of the University of Oxford. Built 1427–83, it is the oldest surviving purpose-built building for university use, specifically for lectures and discussions on theology. The ceiling consists of very elaborate lierne vaulting with bosses.
The building is physically attached to the Bodleian Library and is also next to the Sheldonian Theatre.
The Perpendicular style began to emerge c. 1350. It was a development of the Decorated style of the late 13th century and early 14th century, and lasted into the mid 16th century.
This perpendicular linearity is particularly obvious in the design of windows, which became very large, sometimes of immense size, with slimmer stone mullions (a structural element which divides adjacent window units) than in earlier periods, allowing greater scope for stained glass craftsmen. The mullions of the windows are carried up into the arch moulding of the windows, and the upper portion is subdivided by additional mullions. Buttresses (an architectural structure built against ,a counterfort, or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall) and wall surfaces are likewise divided up into vertical panels. Another major development of this period was fan vaulting.
A fan vault is a form of vault (an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof) in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan. The initiation and propagation of this design element is strongly associated with England.