The Old Schools Quadrangle

is the oldest part of the Bodleian library . The names of the original faculties are written above the doors in gold lettering (and, of course, in Latin). The Tower of Five Orders got it’s name due to it’s ornamentation of columns. Representative of each of the five orders of classical architecture – Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite – in ascending order. This is the only place where you will find all 5 orders on the same building!