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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.
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