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In imm ediate conjunction w ith the U n iversity bu ild in g stan ds the Consistorium, d m ean looking b u t ancient building, form erly the residence o f the B ishops o f R o esk ild e, an d w hich h as escaped all th e fires (the b om b ardm en t also) th a t have d ev astated C openhagen. H ere the A cadem ical Senate ho ld th eir m eetings in an a p artm e n t ad o rn ed w ith th e p o rtraits and b usts o f the p atro n s of the U niversity. T h e w estern p a rt o f the U niversity is the so- called Communitets-building facing N ørregade a n d K ry stalg ad e. In fo rm er tim es it w as allotted as a residence for p o o r stu d e n ts; b u t now affords accom m odation for the m in eral and zoological col­ lections o f the U n iv e rsity , its A rch iv es, and re­ sidences for two p ro fesso rs and the beadle. T h e office o f R ector is h eld annu ally and in ro tatio n by the P ro fesso res o rd in a rii, w h o , w ith the P ro fe sso res e x tra o rd in a rii, form a body 34 in num b er, divided, according to M .c Cullock, rig htly a t the tim e, into four, b u t since into five, faculties : T heological, J u rid ic a l, M ed ical, P h ilo so p h ic a l, and M athem atical. T h e old P h ilo sop hical faculty o f the U niversity o f C openhagen, established in the m iddle o f the 17th. cen tu ry by S chum acher (Count G rif- le n fe ld t), w as in the y e a r 1 85 0 divided into two faculties, o f w hich the one is denom inated Det Philosophiske F acu ltet , and the o ther Det Mathematisk-naturvidenskabelige Facultet. By