| Hall of Christchurch College, Oxford University, England. Founded by Cardinal Wolsey in 1524, and renewed by Henry VIII in 1546. This beautiful room, with a ceiling of carved oak, is 115 feet long and 50 feet high. It was used by the students as a dinging hall. On the walls hang portraits, including Wolsey and Henry VIII by Holbein, Queen Elizabeth and other prominent people by famous artists. In the gateway of the college hangs the bell called "Great Tom;" every night at five minutes past nine this bell peals a curfew of 101 strokes, commemorating the original number of students. College gates all over Oxford are closed five minutes later (1920). Click here to enlarge. |
