/ en /new-college-examination-results-nineteenth-century-uninspiring-indolence-academic-preeminence <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2024-07/Joseph%20Nash%2C%20New%20College%20Hall%20%281858%29%2C%20watercolour%20on%20paper%2C%20New%20College%2C%20Oxford%2C%20NCO192588.jpg.webp?itok=GrkzkanA" width="655" height="435" alt="Joseph Nash, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Hall (1858), watercolour on paper, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford, NCO192588" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Examination Results in the Nineteenth Century: From ‘Uninspiring Indolence’ to ‘Academic Preeminence’ </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Dennis A. Ahlburg</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2024): 21</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/163" hreflang="en">19thC history </a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/160" hreflang="en">19C history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/574" hreflang="en">Norrington Table</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>The fellows and students of °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford moved on from drinking, gaming, and brutish pleasures to academic success, or learned to balance them much better than in the early centuries of the college’s history. &nbsp;The 19th century opened with the college’s being an academic irrelevancy and closed with its being an academic powerhouse which it is to this day.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Joseph Nash, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Hall (1858), watercolour on paper</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-07/21NCN5%20%282024%29%20Ahlburg%20on%20Examination%20Results.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=177606" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">21NCN5 (2024) Ahlburg on Examination Results.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">173.44 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:15:52 +0000 Christopher 3149 at /some-benefactors-and-their-heraldry <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2023-07/Armorial%20bookplates%20of%20John%20Dell%20and%20Joseph%20Shrimpton%2C.JPG.webp?itok=9_tIkfhj" width="655" height="435" alt="Armorial bookplates of John Dell and Joseph Shrimpton—°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Archives, Oxford, NCA 2429" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Some Benefactors and their Heraldry </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Patric Dickinson</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2023): 19</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/474" hreflang="en">Heraldry</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/163" hreflang="en">19thC history </a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/160" hreflang="en">19C history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/475" hreflang="en">Charles Parrott</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/476" hreflang="en">John Dell</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/477" hreflang="en">Joseph Shrimpton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/478" hreflang="en">Vernon Watney</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/479" hreflang="en">John Fisher Eastwood</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/480" hreflang="en">Arthur Eastwood</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/481" hreflang="en">Hastings Rashdall</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/482" hreflang="en">Harry Sacher</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>It is a commonplace that many of the coats of arms on display in Oxford colleges commemorate past benefactors. °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ is no exception, and in fact is particularly rich in heraldry that celebrates those who have contributed to its material wellbeing. This has been the case throughout its history, but the purpose of this Note is to take a look at some of the armorial additions that have been made to its fabric since the mid-19th century.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Archives, Oxford, NCA 2429</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-08/19NCN7%20%282023%29%20Dickinson%20on%20Benefactors%20and%20Heraldry.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1699368" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">19NCN7 (2023) Dickinson on Benefactors and Heraldry.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.62 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:21:40 +0000 Christopher 2767 at /node/785 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/default_images/Fellows%20placeholder_0.jpg.webp?itok=Ldi7pvRW" width="655" height="435" alt class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> ‘Yours truly Jack the Ripper’—of °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Oxford? </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Jason Morgan</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2016): 07</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/158" hreflang="en">Jack the Ripper</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/57" hreflang="en">°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/159" hreflang="en">Montague John Druitt</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/163" hreflang="en">19thC history </a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2018-10/7NCN2%20%282016%29%20Morgan%20on%20Jack%20the%20Ripper_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=413876" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">7NCN2 (2016) Morgan on Jack the Ripper.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">404.18 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 26 May 2016 15:16:14 +0000 Anonymous 785 at /node/781 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/default_images/Fellows%20placeholder_0.jpg.webp?itok=Ldi7pvRW" width="655" height="435" alt class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> West Gallery Woes: The Hornchurch Dispute of 1813 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Jennifer Thorp</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2015): 06</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/215" hreflang="en">Hornchurch, Essex</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/163" hreflang="en">19thC history </a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2018-10/6NCN10%20%282015%29%20Thorp%20on%20Hornchurch.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=297076" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">6NCN10 (2015) Thorp on Hornchurch.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">290.11 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 19 May 2015 14:37:50 +0000 Anonymous 781 at