Proscholium and its facade, 1610-12

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Proscholium and its facade, 1610-12

Image 1. Proscholium interior by Ackermann (1814). Line engraving by J. Le Keux after F. Mackenzie. Published December 1st, 1836. Approx 10cms by 13.5cms.  Source: Howard Hotson.

Image 2. West façade of Schools Quadrangle, with entrance to the Proscholium, Divinity School, and stairs to Arts End. Photo: from panoramic view.

Image 3. The eastern elevation of Arts End. Robert Potter’s 1967 reconstruction of the probable original façade of the Divinity School and Duke Humphrey’s Library, reproduced from E. Soffe, 'The Divinity School, Oxford: The Relation between its Architectural Form and its Perception' (2015):