Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland

Norfolk, Va., architect Mike Evans says Trinity is like Oxford, "only gentler,

and on a more human scale." The most celebrated structure on the campus, which

was founded by Queen Elizabeth in 1592, is the Old Library. Some have called

the library's main chamber, known as the Long Room, a "cathedral of the book"

because of its timbered barrel-vaulted ceiling and shelving that resembles

side chapels of an old baroque church. The Long Room is also where the famous

Book of Kells (an illuminated holy manuscript circa 800) is kept under lock

and key. Over the years, architects say, the college has quietly pursued an

enlightened policy of commissioning architecture from some of the best

architects in Ireland and Britain.

三一學院
位于愛爾蘭，都柏林市

弗吉尼亞州諾福克(Norfolk)市的建筑師Mike Evans表示，三一學院與牛津大學有頗多相

似之處，“只是更加溫和，更加人性化”。這所學院是1592年英國女王伊麗莎白一世下令

興建的，校園內最著名的建筑物是老圖書館（Old Library)。有些人將這座圖書館的主室

，也就是眾所周知的長屋（Long Room），叫做“書籍的教堂”，這是因為其木制拱形天

花板和隔板的裝置與一座巴洛克風格老教堂的側堂非常相似。長屋（Long Room）內收藏

有大量的珍貴著作，也是著名的《凱爾經(The book of kells)》安放之處，這部書籍撰

寫于公元800年，據說是年代最久遠的手抄本新約圣經。建筑師談到，近年來，三一學院

開始悄然奉行一項更為開明的政策，將建筑架構的設計任務委派給愛爾蘭和英國最好的一

批建筑設計師。