Cambridge (England) -- History; University of Cambridge -- History
These to-day are all things of the past. The interior of the Chapel is
fitted partly with the genuine old mediæval panelling, possibly brought
from the parochial chancel of Little S. Mary's, or from its disused
chantries, now placed at the back of the stalls and in front of the
organ gallery, partly with oakwork, stalls and substalls, in the
Jacobæan style. The present altar-piece is of handsome modern wainscot.
The entrance door is mediæval, probably removed from elsewhere to
replace the doorway defaced by Dowsing. The only feature in the chapel
which can to-day be called--and that only by a somewhat doubtful
taste--"very magnifical," is the gaudy Munich stained-glass work
inserted in the lateral windows, as a memorial to Professor Smythe, in
1855 and 1858. The subjects are, on the north side, "The Sacrifice of
Isaac," "The Preaching of S. John the Baptist," "The Nativity"; and on
the south side, "The Resurrection," "The Healing of a Cripple by SS.
Peter and John," "S. Paul before Agrippa and Festus." The east window,
containing "The History of Christ's Passion," is said by Blomefield to
have been "hid in the late troublesome times in the very boxes which now
stand round the altar instead of rails."
CHAPTER V
THE COLLEGES OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
"High potentates and dames of royal birth
And mitred fathers in long order go."--GRAY.
The Fourteenth Century an Age of Great Men and Great Events but not
of Great Scholars--Petrarch and Richard of Bury--Michael House--The
King's Scholars--King's Hall--Clare Hall--Pembroke
College--Gonville Hall--Dr. John Caius--His Three Gates of
Humility, Virtue, and Honour.
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