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FlG. 82. The Staircase at the "Old Palace," Greenwich (now destroyed). 



From a Sketch by C. J. Richardson. 



learned hands there were intermediate stages of development between 

 the Jacobean type and the full classic. Such a one may be seen in 

 the library door at St John's College, Oxford (Fig. 85), and in an 

 external door at Brasenose College (Fig. 84), part of the work already 

 referred to. The library at St John's was built in 1631 by Archbishop 

 Laud, who was at that time Bishop of London and Chancellor of the 

 University of Oxford. It is said that he obtained the help of Inigo 



