Gate of Humilitygate, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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  • architectural design ( in Western architecture: England )

    ...planned three gateways in connection with the court, two of which were in the Italian style. The three gates were to mark the progress of the student through the university. At the entrance was the Gate of Humility (1565), a modest doorway, now in the Master’s garden. The Gate of Virtue (after 1565), opening into the new quadrangle, is a fine Classical portal with Ionic pilasters, but with a...

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