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is lost. The whole of the nimbus is in yellow stain, with an 

 inner trefoiled border, left white, imparting a fine effect. The 

 left hand, with a kerchief or portion of her mantle, is raised as 

 if to dry her tears. Her right hand, holding a book, depends 

 on the right side. The mantle, or uppermost robe, is white, 

 with a delicately embroidered border consisting of a band of 

 white roundels, with centres and ground of gold. The under- 

 kirtle is of blue. 



One of the uppermost of the quarries has a sun in its glory, 

 with white and yellow rays. Above the Virgin, and inserted 

 in the quarried ground, is a roundel about the width of two 

 quarries, containing the symbol of S. Matthew the Evangelist. 



Beneath the figure of the Virgin is the first shield of the three 

 remaining of the heraldic series, which must at one time have 

 been carried through every light. Each of them shows an 

 angel supporting a shield, suspended by a thong passing round 

 the neck, whilst a scroll, designating the arms, is held above the 

 shield, though now much hidden by the cross bars. The wnngs 

 of the angels, slightly displayed, are stained, and the plumage 

 is relieved wdth the " eye," as in the north window before 

 described : indeed, the whole treatment is very similar. The 

 head of the angel is lost, but the nimbus (nebulee) remains, the 

 cloudy members being arranged cross-wise with singular effect. 



The shield bears " argt. a lion rampant, gules" the arms of 

 Sir John Ludlow, the father of Benedicta (the wife of Sir Richard 

 Vernon), who, with himself, is commemorated by the inscrip- 

 tion. The lower part of the shield is supported by two angels 

 cpuchant on either side, each with a sustaining hand near the 

 base point. In every case the heads of these smaller angels are 

 missing. 



The third, or centre light, has a singularly beautiful repre- 

 sentation of the Crucifixion, at a higher elevation than the side 

 figures. The stem of the cross is missing below the feet, but 

 no doubt the original cross was planted in a grassy mound, on 

 the same level as the base line of the rest. The glazing has 

 been made good by quarries from some other part of the window. 



