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â€˜Galen, Hippocrates, and Aretaeus of Cappadociaâ€™ Window, The University of Sydney

'Galen, Hippocrates & Aretaeus' (c. 1889), photo D. Urry(1).jpg

This is the lower section of a two-tiered Gothic Revival stair window located in the Anderson Stuart Building at the University of Sydney. The window was donated by John Harris Esq., at a cost of Â£120 in c.1889 (Calendar of the University of…

Tags: anatomy, Anderson Stuart Building, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Asklepios, Classical, Gothic Revival, Hippocrates, John Harris, medicine, neo-Gothic, physicians, stained glass, stair window, surgeons, The University of Sydney, university, university building, window

The â€˜Caxton Windowâ€™

An image of the â€˜Caxton Windowâ€™ located in the Mitchell Reading Room at the State Library of New South Wales. This stained glass window was created in a neo-medieval figurative style by John Radecki of Ashwin and Co., Sydney in 1941. It…

Tags: books, education, John Ashwin & Co., John Radecki, Margaret of Burgundy, Mitchell Reading Room, New South Wales, NSW, patronage, print, printing, printing press, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye (1474), stained glass, State Library of NSW, Sydney, William Caxton (c.1422-1492), window

The â€˜Advance Australiaâ€™ Arms Window in the Queen Victoria Building, Sydney

The Medieval Writerâ€™s window, The Great Hall at The University of Sydney

An image of one of a series of colourful and elaborate figural windows with trefoil heads created especially for The University of Sydney by the London firm of Clayton & Bell (c. 1859-60). The window depicts three well-known medieval writers:…

MacLaurin Window, Nicholson Vestibule, University of Sydney

The MacLaurin Window was created in 1920 and can be found in the Nicholson Vestibule lighting the staircase. The window has a portrait of Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1896 to 1914, flanked by James I…

Tags: Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, James I/VI, MacLaurin Window, navy, New South Wales, Nicholson Vestibule, NSW, ship, Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, stained glass, Sydney, University of Sydney, viking, Wessex

Anglo-Saxon Window, Great Hall, University of Sydney

The Anglo-Saxon window in the Great Hall of the University of Sydney is one of a number of windows along the side walls of the hall containing portraits of famous people. It includes three notable Anglo-Saxon churchmen and writers from the Kingdom of…

Tags: Alcuin, Alcuin of York, Alcuinis, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Window, Bede, CÃ¦dmon, Caedman, Caedmon, Carolingian Renaissance, Charlemagne, England, Great Hall, New South Wales, NSW, stained glass, Sydney, University of Sydney, Venerable Bede

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