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The Queens College, Oxford | by Martin Beek
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The Queens College, Oxford

The Queen's College Library

Although a library has existed since the college's foundation in 1340-1 the upper "baroque" library was built between 1692-5, it is considered by many to be one of the finest rooms in Oxford university. Some of the woodcarving is attributed to Thomas Minnand Son, whilst James Hands did most of the elaborate plaster-work on the ceiling. Originally there were intended to be painted panels but Thomas Roberts finished the room in 1756 with rococo plasterwork. There are stained glass portraits of Henry 1V, Charles II and Catherine of Braganza.

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Taken on February 17, 2007