Editing Lincoln College, Oxford (section)

===Chapel===
[[File:Oxford - Lincoln College - Chapel Quad - Chapel.JPG|thumb|Chapel quad]]
[[File:Oxford - Lincoln College - Chapel Stained Glass Window.JPG|left|thumb|150px|East window of the chapel]]
The college [[chapel]] was built in late [[Perpendicular Period#Perpendicular Gothic|perpendicular style]] between 1629 and 1631; its windows are enamelled rather than stained, which is a process of painting the windows then firing them, a complicated procedure. They are the work of [[Abraham van Linge]], who was an expert in this technique. The east window of the chapel depicts twelve biblical scenes: the top six depict scenes from Jesus' life (including the [[Last Supper]]), whilst the six below depict corresponding scenes from the [[Old Testament]] (including [[Adam and Eve]] at [[Genesis creation myth|Creation]] and the whale spitting out [[Jonah]]). The north windows show the [[Prophet#Christianity|Twelve Prophets]], and the south windows the [[Twelve Apostles]]. The screen separating the [[ante-chapel]] (containing the organ) from the chapel proper is made of cedar, and reportedly filled the chapel with the strong scent of cedar for around the first one hundred years of its existence.<ref name="chapel">{{cite web |title=The Chapel at Lincoln College, Oxford |url=http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/76/43/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304151701/http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/76/43 |archive-date=4 March 2009}}</ref>

Much of the chapel was restored in a project beginning in 1999, having been deemed to be in unacceptable disrepair in the early 1990s, when a funding campaign began. The black slate and white marble tiles were repaired, cleaned and replaced where necessary, whilst most of the age damage was to be found in the woodwork, which was suffering greatly from poor ventilation and having been laid directly on to earth, resulting in worm and [[wet rot]]. Cracks in the enamel of the windows were also repaired where most obvious and disfiguring. The renovations were made with the intention of preserving the chapel's 17th-century character as much as possible.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Moore |first=Susan |title=Doctrine and life, colours and light combine to celebrate the glory of God in the restored chapel of Lincoln College. |journal=The Field |date=April 1998}}</ref> The chapel has remained much unchanged since the wooden figurines (of [[Saint Peter]], [[Saint Paul]], [[Moses]] and [[Aaron]]) were placed on the front pews and the carved ceiling was installed in the 1680s.<ref name="chapel"/>