Full Description
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.
Contents
Introduction; Cambridge history of letters; On the making of a sundial; Part I. 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; Part II. Catalogue of Works.
