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History and Architecture

The Princeton University Chapel By Matthew J. Milliner (Art & Archaeology department)

South Aisle Clerestory: University Disciplines

As with the north aisle, this section too should be read like a book. Start at the top-left and move to the right as each of the disciplines is covered in detail.

Philosophy (above: Pythagoras, Demosthenes, Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon; below: Spinoza, Hume, Berkeley, Descartes, Kant; oculus: Zeus).

Theology (above: Paul, Athanasius, Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards; below: The 5 central teachings of the Reformation – Justification by faith, the priesthood of all believers, authority of the Bible, the right of private judgment, the sacredness of all vocations; oculus: Christ and Nicodemus).

Chivalry (above: Roland, Richard the Lion-hearted, Godfrey of Bouillon, Bertrand de Born, Bertrand de Guesclin).

Poetry (above: Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare, John Milton, Emily Dickinson; below: Parnassus, Chaucer, John Donne, William Blake, T.S. Eliot).

Law (Augustus, Justinian, St. Louis, Hugo Grotius, James Madison).

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