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Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford: one of the choir capitals

RIBA Ref No RIBA48919
Artist/PhotographerSmith, Edwin (1912-1971)
CountryUK: England
CityOxford
Subject Date1190
Image Date1959
ViewInterior
StyleRomanesque
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceESP/OXON/60 (ES5276)
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditEdwin Smith / RIBA Collections
SubjectCathedrals ; Decorative stonework ; University buildings ; Capitals
NOTES: Built between 1160 and 1200 as the church for the Augustinian priory of St Frideswide, this church was appropriated by Cardinal Wolsey as the chapel of the new college of Christ Church being built on the priory lands in 1524. It was designated the cathedral of the diocese of Oxford in 1546.
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