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	The next few photos are of Balliol College in Oxford.

	The Chapel. On the bottom right is a bronze eagle lectern from 1630.

	The lectern.

	The silver gilt altar was acquired in 1927.

	Christ Church College. The Quad.

	A view of the beautiful Cathedral of Christ Church from the playing fields adjacent to its grounds.

	The intricate ceiling of the Cathedral and its Rose WIndow.

	This Cathedral is both the Chapel of Christ Church College and also the official Cathedral of the diocese of Oxford, which takes in the Counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.

	The High Altar.

	There has been a choir at this Cathedral since 1526. John Taverner was the organist then and was also master of the choristers.