Quarter of Reason
Built by Lady Reason, who laid the foundations and the walls. Learning and measurement: the College of Letters and the Footnote Room beneath it, the Salon of Reason with its Mirror, the Observatory an...
Built by Lady Reason, who laid the foundations and the walls. Learning and measurement: the College of Letters and the Footnote Room beneath it, the Salon of Reason with its Mirror, the Observatory an...
Built by Lady Justice, who set the roofs and the towers and brought in the Queen. Judgement and voice: the Gate, where every newcomer names a forgotten woman; Hildegard's Scriptorium, where the Hours ...
The plain where the city was begun, still yielding scraps of vellum to the plough. The river cuts it to the lias at the Quarry of Names; the Masons' Terraces rise in the hills to the north; the Pavili...
Built by Lady Rectitude, who raised the houses and laid out the streets and decided who would live in them. The civic heart: the Hall of Declarations with its empty throne, the House of Endowed Hours ...