Medieval university

Laurentius de Voltolina: Henry of Germany lecturing at the University of Bologna, mid-1300s. Perennial student behaviour on show - chatting at the back, sleeping, writing a letter instead of notes (= texting!), the 'keener' in the front row...

https://flic.kr/p/6ddhmN | Medieval Hallway | I combined 3 exposures (-2, 0, 2) in Photomatix Pro and did some sharpening in Photoshop CS4.

The Collegium Maius in Cracow is one of the few medieval university buildings in Europe. It was built by Johann the Mason in 1492-97. The wings are grouped around a courtyard, the main features of which are an arcade placed forward of the wall to accommodate the upper-level walkway, over which looms a roof over-hang of the same width as the walkway.

Old Town, Oxford, England

Wells Cathedral Library. Mike Jefferies Photography.

Originally from Gdansk, David Loggan (1635-1700?) moved to England in the middle of the 17th century and became engraver to Oxford University, and subsequently to Cambridge University. He produced two volumes of architectural engravings, showing views of the colleges of the Universities, Oxonia illustrata and Cantabrigia illustrata.

The Bodleian Library-Oxford University-England

Tropfender Kessel Schankraum

In the Middle Ages, students entering university had to gather together materials, too, before they headed off to places sometimes very far from home like Oxford University, the University of Salerno, or the University of Paris. Here’s a list of five things that would be on a medieval back-to-school shopping list.