King's College Chapel

Japanese: キングズ・カレッジ・チャペル - きんぐずかれっじちゃぺる
King's College Chapel

…The town is centered around the Roman road Bridge Street, but there are also many narrow, winding lanes, giving it a medieval atmosphere. In addition to the colleges, the city is home to historical buildings such as the late Gothic King's College Chapel, the university church Great St. Mary's Church, and the Norman-style round church Holy Sepulchre, as well as the Fitzwilliam Museum. There is also a large open space, such as the lawns around the college called the Backs. …

From Cambridge University

…Like Oxford University, the colleges are built in a courtyard style with a gatehouse, and sometimes the buildings are arranged around a second or third courtyard. The chapel of King's College (1446-1515) is 88 metres long and is one of the finest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture, with a typical fan-vaulted ceiling. The second courtyard of Queen's College contains the white-walled timber-framed college hall (1540) supported by a brick arcade, and St. John's College is notable for its medieval fortress-style gatehouse (1520) and its hall with a hammer-beam ceiling (1516). …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "King's College Chapel" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…町はローマ時代の道路ブリッジ・ストリートを中心に展開するが,屈曲した狭い小路も多く,中世的雰囲気を残している。市内には学寮のほか,後期ゴシック様式のキングズ・カレッジ・チャペル,大学の教会であるグレート・セント・メアリー教会,ノルマン風円形教会として知られるホーリー・セプルカ教会などの歴史的建築物や,フィッツウィリアム博物館がある。またカレッジの周囲にあるバックスと呼ばれる芝生など,オープン・スペースが広い。…

【ケンブリッジ大学】より

…オックスフォード大学と同様に学寮は門楼棟を伴う中庭形式をとり,ときに第二,第三の中庭を囲んで建物が並ぶ。キングズ学寮の礼拝堂(キングズ・カレッジ・チャペル)(1446‐1515)は全長88m,典型的なファン(扇状)・ボールト天井をもつ垂直様式ゴシック建築の最高傑作のひとつ。クイーンズ学寮第二中庭には,煉瓦造のアーケードに支えられた木骨白壁の学監舎(1540)があり,セント・ジョンズ学寮では,中世城塞風の門楼棟(1520)や,ハンマー・ビーム天井をもつホール(1516)が注目される。…

※「キングズ・カレッジ・チャペル」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  King's Court

>>:  King's College (UK)

Recommend

Tsurubo - Tsurubo

A perennial plant of the Liliaceae family (APG cl...

Alkaline addition method - Alkaline addition method

…Also, to make up for the sake shortage during Wo...

Hyalonema sieboldi (Hyalonema sieboldi)

A sponge of the family Polypodidae in the class He...

Trebenište (English spelling)

…A small clay statue with exaggerated eyes and no...

Huang Quan

[raw]? Died September 2, 965. A Chinese painter fr...

Goma - Sesame

A ritual in which offerings are thrown into a fir...

Edar, G.

…It is usually known simply as channel swimming, ...

Oviedo - Oviedo (English spelling)

A city in the Asturias region in northern Spain. ...

Scorpion fly (English spelling)

...The abdomen is cylindrical with a tapered post...

Chlorous acid - aensosan (English spelling) chlorous acid

Chemical formula: HClO 2 . It is an unstable acid ...

Baden (English spelling)

A region in southwest Germany, occupying the weste...

Japanese abalone (English spelling)

...A general term for three large species of snai...

Shinchugumi

This unit rose up in November 1863 (Bunkyu 3) in t...

Kirihakomachigoke - Kirihakomachigoke

...The name Komachigoke comes from the beautiful ...