Архитектурные шедевры Великобритании. Рябцева Е.В. - 47 стр.

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In succeeding times, other additions were made to this noble place. King Henry VII added the stately fabric
adjoining to the King's lodgings, in the upper ward. Henry VIII rebuilt the great gate in the lower ward, leading
to the town. King Edward IV began, and Queen Mary perfected, the bringing of water from Black Moor Park,
in the parish of Winkfield, into a fountain of curious workmanship, in the middle of the upper court. Queen
Elizabeth made a terrace-walk, on the North side of the Castle, from whence is a delightful prospect of the
Thames, Eton College and a great number of fine seats, dispersed over the adjacent country. Under Charles II
this castle, which had felt the effects of the national convulsions, under several avaricious and lawless masters,
was entirely repaired. The face of the upper court was changed, and brought to its present beauty. The windows
were enlarged, and made regular; and the royal apartments were completely furnished, and adorned with beauti-
ful paintings. This prince also not only enlarged the terrace walk, made by Queen Elizabeth, on the North side
of the Castle, but carried a like terrace round the East and South sides of the upper court and new faced the
whole terrace with a noble rampart of free stone. This terrace extends 1,670 feet in length, and may with justice
be said to be the noblest walk in Europe. Several additions were made to this castle, by some of our early
princes, and lastly by Queen Anne.
THE UPPER WARD OR COURT:
A DESCRIPTION OF THE ROYAL APARTMENTS
Words and Expressions
– equestrian – конный
– basso relievo – барельеф
– a cypher – вензель, монограмма
– humbly – покорно
The Upper Ward is a spacious quadrangle, formed on the west side by the Keep or Round Tower; on the
north by the Royal Apartments, St George's Hall, and the Chapel Royal; and on the East and South sides by the
apartments of the Prince of Wales, the Royal Family, and the Great Officers of State.
Nearly in the centre of this square, is an equestrian statue in bronze of King Charles II in a Roman habit,
and placed on a marble pedestal, on the south side of which are represented, in basso relievo, a variety of fig-
ures expressive of navigation. On the west side is the royal cypher, surrounded with the garter, and crowned
with other ornaments. On the north side are a variety of fruits, and on the east a shield, on which is a Latin in-
scription to this effect:
‘Tobias Rustat humbly gave and dedicated this statue to his most gracious master, Charles II, the best of
Kings, in the year of Our Lord MDCLXXX. [1680]’.
Underneath is a curious water engine, originally invented by Sir Samuel Morland, in that Prince's reign, to
supply the place with water.
THE ROYAL APARTMENTS
Words and Expressions
– a vestal – весталка (жрица в храме Весты в Риме)
– balustrade – балюстрада
– a chariot – колесница (древняя двух- или четырехколесная повозка, применявшаяся в боевых дей-
ствиях, спортивных состязаниях, ритуальных и триумфальных процессиях)
– a pile – возвышение
– a phoenix – феникс (птица, возрождающаяся из пепла)
– a wheat-sheaf – сноп пшеницы
– a cornucopia – рог изобилия
– a paroquet – длиннохвостый попугай
– a nereid – нереида, морская нимфа
– a cod – треска
– an eel – угорь
– umber – умбра (природный коричневый пигмент)
– brass – латунь, желтая медь

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