Editing New College, Oxford (section)

=== Chapel & cloisters ===

The chapel was based on the plan of [[Merton College|Merton Chapel]].{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=169}} The transepts and tower that made Merton Chapel T-shaped were omitted, and a screen separated the main chapel from the [[ante-chapel]]. The medieval interior was modified after the [[Reformation]], with the removal of secondary altars, the rood loft, and the reredos' statues, the reredos being covered in plaster.<ref name="Goodall 2019">{{cite web |last=Goodall |first=John |title=New College, Oxford: The 650-year story of the college that dreamt it was a palace |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/new-college-oxford-650-year-story-college-dreamt-palace-206657 |publisher=Country Life |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=4 November 2019}}</ref>
Much of the medieval stained glass in the ante-chapel was restored in a 20-year project which was commended in the 2007 Oxford Preservation Trust Environmental Awards.<ref name="Magnificent Seven">{{Cite web |title=Glazier's Magnificent Seven |date=8 February 2008 |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2031345.glaziers-magnificent-seven/ |access-date=22 February 2019 |publisher=oxfordtimes.co.uk}}</ref> The chapel contains a statue of [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]] by [[Sir Jacob Epstein]]<ref name="Treasures"/><ref name="Goodall 2019"/> and a painting by [[El Greco]].<ref name="NYT 9 May 1982"/><ref name="Treasures Gallery">{{Cite web |title=Treasures and Chattels Gallery |url=https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/treasures-gallery |access-date=28 February 2019 |publisher=new.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> Some of the stained glass windows, including the Great West Window, were designed by the 18th-century portraitist [[Sir Joshua Reynolds]].<ref name="NYT 9 May 1982">{{Cite news |date=9 May 1982 |title=New York Times Guide |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E4DC1438F93AA35756C0A964948260&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=all |access-date=20 May 2010}}</ref>

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File:New College Chapel Reredos.jpg|Chapel [[reredos]]
File:New-college-chapel.jpg|The Chapel, looking towards the altar
File:El Greco - St James the Greater OU NEW NCO 179799-001.jpg|Painting of [[James the Great|St James the Greater]] by [[El Greco]], {{circa|1600}}
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The choir stalls contain a "splendid set"<ref name="Goodall 2019"/> of 62 14th-century [[misericord]]s.<ref name=VCHNew/><!--<ref name="Steer 1973">{{cite book |last=Steer |first=Francis W. |title=Misericords at New College, Oxford |publisher=Phillimore |publication-place=London |date=1973 |isbn=0-85033-114-5 | oclc=1659997}}</ref>--><ref>{{cite web |title=The Elaine C. Block Database of Misericords |url=https://ima.princeton.edu/digital-image-collections/collection/block/location?l=1493&page=1 |publisher=Princeton University |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> 
The niches of the [[reredos]], which had been plastered over, were uncovered in the 1780s, and were fitted with statues by [[George Gilbert Scott|Sir Gilbert Scott]] in the late 19th century.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Chapel Reredos |publisher=New College |url=https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/4NCN8%20Chapel%20reredos.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618092822/https://www.new.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/4NCN8%20Chapel%20reredos.pdf |archive-date=18 June 2014 |access-date=23 April 2023 |pages=1–6}}</ref> The chapel preserves the Founder's [[Crosier]], a bishop's staff decorated with enamel and silver gilt; it resembles a crosier at [[Cologne Cathedral]].<ref name="NYT 9 May 1982"/>{{sfn|Prickard|1906|p=39}}

The cloisters, containing a large holm oak tree, sit by the western wall of the Chapel, were featured in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', in the scene in which Draco Malfoy is turned into a white ferret.<ref name="Buildings"/> 
Michael Darbie recast the original five bells of the bell tower into eight in 1655, creating the first set of eight to be cast simultaneously.<ref name="OSCR"/> In 1712, two more bells were added, supposedly to outmatch Magdalen College's new ring of eight bells created in that year.<ref name="OSCR"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Oxford, Oxfordshire, New College |url=https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=oxford&Submit=++Go++&page=2&DoveID=OXFORD+CNE |website=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref> The bells are rung by the [[Oxford Society of Change Ringers]].<ref name="OSCR">{{cite web |title=New College |url=https://www.oxfordsociety.org.uk/towers/new-college/ |publisher=[[Oxford Society of Change Ringers]] |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref>

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File:New College Cloisters, Oxford, July 24, 2023.jpg|The Cloisters, exterior
File:New College, Oxford (Pic 2).jpg|The Cloisters, interior
File:Oxford men and their colleges - The Cloister, New College.png|Drawing of the Cloisters and Chapel
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