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The Divinity School is a medieval building and room in the Perpendicular style in Oxford, England, part of the University of Oxford. Built between 1427 and 1483, it is the oldest surviving purpose-built building for university use, specifically for lectures, oral exams and discussions on theology. It is no longer used for this purpose, although Oxford does offer degrees in Theology and Religion taught by its Faculty of Theology and Religion.
The ceiling consists of very elaborate lierne vaulting with bosses (455 of them), designed by William Orchard in the 1480s.
The building is physically attached to the Bodleian Library (with Duke Humfrey's Library on the first floor above it), and is opposite the Sheldonian Theatre where students matriculate and graduate. At the far end from the Bodleian Library entrance, a door leads to Convocation House (built 1634–7).[1]
Divinity School - A Celebration Service for Graduates at Benton Chapel. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University)
When Beeson Divinity School was founded in 1988, one of Mr. Beeson's wishes was that the Divinity School house a "special" chapel. In the fall of 2002, the chapel was officially named in honor of Andrew Gerow Hodges, close personal friend and advisor to the late Mr. Ralph Beeson.
The chapel dome weighs 90,000 pounds. Its exterior diameter is 41 feet and is110 feet high atop the lantern. Primarily copper in content, it contains 10,000 pounds of 16-ounce sheets laid in 12-inch x 18-inch strips, and 22 tons of steel.
Pearl beads in springtime shades of cream white and dusk pink combine with a gold plated steel shepherds hook and matching accents in this handcrafted bookmark completed with a beautifully detailed cross.
Shepherd's Hook is 5-inches (12.7 cm) long
Elliot: “The whole truth is just way, way too complicated to be put into a book to study. I also believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution, but not wholly. But I think there are bits of truth in all religion we have been given, and we just need to know what the important bits are and pick them up.”
Female photographer: “Wow. That was pretty profound. But I still don’t quite understand what it has to do with art…”
Elliot: “Your hands, your eyes, your skin… Everything about you that you create art with is the shell, the tools that you have been given. The tools you use come from your divinity.”
Female photographer: “Ah, okay...”
(Elliot’s phone peeps)
Female photographer: “Aren’t you going to answer that?”
Divinity School built 1424-90. The master-masons were Richard Winchcombe in 1429 and Thomas Elkyn in 1439. The fan-vaulting was constructed in 1480-83, William Orchard being the master-mason. The upper storey was added by 1489 as Duke Humphrey's Library; It was restored and altered 1598-1602. The whole building was partially restored, again using Headington stone, in 1660 and also repaired in 1701-02.
Part of the Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford. All the buildings in Radcliffe Square form a group of the highest importance forming the centre of the University.
Divinity School - A Celebration Service for Graduates at Benton Chapel. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University)