Cutting Through the Colleges

by Kindersley, Lida Cardozo

• ISBN13: 9781107003668
• ISBN10: 1107003660
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-11
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Cutting through the Colleges is a guided tour of the many inspiring Kindersley inscriptions to be found in Cambridge University's 31 colleges. The Cardozo Kindersley Workshop has cut these beautiful letters in stone, wood or brass, over some 60 years. There are maps and text to take you by the hand, and pictures galore to delight your eye, all in a lovely book of 128 pages to fit into your pocket. This book is an uplifting journey into a unique landscape of letters cut, easy to read and informative, a must-have for letter form enthusiasts and Cambridge visitors and residents. More information can be found at http://www.kindersleyworkshop.co.uk.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Cambridge history of letters

On the making of a sundial

The Cambridge Colleges

Christ's College

Churchill College

Clare College

Clare Hall

Corpus Christi College

Darwin College

Downing College

Emmanuel College

Fitzwilliam College

Girton College

Gonville and Caius College

Homerton College

Hughes Hall

Jesus College

King's College

Lucy Cavendish College

Magdalene College

Murray Edwards College

Newnham College

Pembroke College

Peterhouse

Queens' College

Robinson College

St Catharine's College

St Edmund's College

St John's College

Selwyn College

Sidney Sussex College

Trinity College

Trinity Hall

Wolfson College

Catalogue of Works

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