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Balliol and Christ Church |
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The next few photos are of Balliol College in Oxford. | |||
The Chapel. On the bottom right is a bronze eagle lectern from 1630. | |||
The lectern. | |||
The silver gilt altar was acquired in 1927. | |||
Christ Church College. The Quad. | |||
A view of the beautiful Cathedral of Christ Church from the playing fields adjacent to its grounds. | |||
The intricate ceiling of the Cathedral and its Rose WIndow. | |||
This Cathedral is both the Chapel of Christ Church College and also the official Cathedral of the diocese of Oxford, which takes in the Counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. | |||
The High Altar. | |||
There has been a choir at this Cathedral since 1526. John Taverner was the organist then and was also master of the choristers. | |||