The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . of the building, is probably themost ancient. But in the greater part of the chambers builtafter 1590 a staircase is employed which does not extend to theback wall, but has two flights or more to each storey, or elsewinding stairs are constructed, so as to leave space for studiesbehind them. This is shewn on the ground-plan of the Perseand Legge Buildings (fig. 5); and will be better understoodfrom the accompanying sketch (fig. 7) representing one of thestaircases at the west end of the range
The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . of the building, is probably themost ancient. But in the greater part of the chambers builtafter 1590 a staircase is employed which does not extend to theback wall, but has two flights or more to each storey, or elsewinding stairs are constructed, so as to leave space for studiesbehind them. This is shewn on the ground-plan of the Perseand Legge Buildings (fig. 5); and will be better understoodfrom the accompanying sketch (fig. 7) representing one of thestaircases at the west end of the range on the north side of thesecond court of Pembroke College (1610). The spectator issupposed to be standing on the first floor, with a chamber-doorto his right and left. 3H THE CHAMBERS AND STUDIES. [At Kings College, Cambridge, where the statutes, as men-tioned above, are copied from Wykehams with certain altera-tions, it is provided that the chambers and studies (/oca studiorum)are to be assigned by the Provost and Vice-Provost; the upperchambers are to be occupied by two Fellows at the least; and. Fig. 7. Staircase in the north range of the Second Court of Pembroke College. the lower chambers, when provided with three studies, by threeScholars or Fellows ; but they are to have separate beds, andone is to be older than the others. The buildings of the OldCourt, to which these injunctions refer, have been already de- STUDIES AT KINGS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 315 scribed; but a portion of what was there said must be were in three floors ; on each floor the windows, on bothsides of the chambers, were of two lights and one light alter-nately. On the ground-floor and the upper floor the studieswere probably arranged on the system which Professor Willishas explained at Caius College ; but on the middle-floor, wherethe chambers were fifteen feet six inches high, a peculiararrangement was adopted. The single-light window was dividedby two transoms into three parts, the central
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