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Commandments. -The Commandments, the Creed, Lord's Prayer, and Texts 

 of Scripture, are painted in " black letter" on the walls of nave and chancel. 



The Old Bible— The "Black-lettered" Welsh Bible of the year 1620, printed 

 by loan and Bill, London, is a rare edition, and is worth examination. 



Chest— There is a large singular old chest in the church, hewn out of a solid 



tree. 



3Iural Decoration.— On the west wall of the nave is painted the full sized 

 figure of a skeleton, in red, holding a dagger in the right hand, an hour-glass in 

 the left, and scales suspended from the left arm. 



The Western ChaiieL-The western chapel, or reclusorium, is not, I think, 

 coeval with the church, but built at a later date, i.e., in the 13th century, with 

 subsequent alterations. It is built against the west end of the church, without 

 being bonded into it, its south wall being in line with the south wall of the nave. 

 There is a stone altar at the east end of the chapel, the south end of which abuts 

 against its south wall. Upon examination, it will be found that the altar slab 

 most probably occupied another position before it was erected here. The base of 

 the altar is of rough stone walling, plastered over. There is no indication of its 

 having been added to at any time, but the top of the altar is formed by an altar 

 slab which is not nearly as large as the present altar, the extra space being made 

 out by a second stone on the south end, and a little plaster to make it good up to 

 the south wall. The original altar slab has the usual five crosses upon it ; it has 

 also a sixth cross towards its north end, which has all the appearance of being 

 original, but I have never met with a case like this before. When this altar was 

 arranged as it now stands, the square opening over it was probably cut to bring 

 the high altar of the church in view from the chapel. The head of this opening is 

 rounded off into the jambs like the head of the window which lights the rood loft. 

 In the east wall of the chapel, north of the altar, is a cinquefoil niche for a figure, 

 and there are two steps in front of it, the lower step, which is in line with the 

 altar, being about 14 inches high ; this is a pretty clear indication that there was 

 a foot pace all across the chapel in front both of the altar and the niche. The 

 entrance to the chapel is by a plain pointed door in the south wall ; there is a small 

 window in the west end, now walled up for a modern fire-place and chimney. I 

 wish to call particular attention to it, for it has been described as a 15th century 

 window. I am clearly of opinion, however, that it is of 13th century date. In 

 the south wall, east of the doorway, there is a very good 14th century single-light 

 window well cusped, and there is a modern window west of the doorway. There 

 is a good plain roof to this building, which is frequently called a Reclusorium ; 

 but it is, I think, a chapel, and I see nothing to justify its being called anything 

 else. The position is certainly unusual, but it would have been difficult to add a 

 chapel of such a size to the old church in any other position, for the ground on the 

 north side of the nave has been excavated out of the side of the mountain, and 

 deposited on the south side. A chapel could therefore not have been added to- 

 wards the north or south without great trouble and expense ; indeed, on the south 

 side I think it would be hardly possible to make a secure foundation on the "made 

 ground." 



