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nate fleurs-de-lis and short points. The inner garment is of a 

 reddish brown colour, and the outer mantle, which is represented 

 depending from the shoulders and arms in graceful folds, has a 

 yellow border ornamented with lines and roundlets — probably the 

 mantle itself has been blue — and the inner lining is white, repre- 

 senting a fur. The cloak is shown secured about the neck by a 

 yellow band, and a ring through which the band passes. 



Of the second painting only a small portion remains. The 

 head, and the hair, which is yellow, can be made out, but the 

 face is obliterated. The cloak has been of a reddish brown 

 colour with a yellow border. The left hand holds a cup, and the 

 right one is represented pointing over it. 



There is little doubt that the female figure represents St. Mary, 

 to whom the Church was dedicated ; and tlie other figure is a 

 representation of St. John the Evangelist, as appears by the 

 symbols. It will be observed that the symbols of St. Jolni on 

 this painting and on the sculptured stone slab, formerly referred 

 to as part of the Rood Loft, are similar. 



THE provost's LODGING. 



The portion of the ruin known as the Provost's Lodging 

 extends northwards from the Sacristy. The basement consists of 

 five vaulted cellars. The first floor appears to have contained a 

 square apartment at the north end, and the remainder of the 

 floor formed probably the Great Hall. The second floor contained 

 a north room, and the space over the hall would be divided into 

 several rooms. The north part of the building only was carried 

 up a third floor, forming a square tower with crow-stepped gables. 

 The entrance door opened upon the octagonal stairca.se, and the 

 stair gave access to the several floors. One of the cellars was 

 entered from the staircase, and the other four by outside doors in 

 the west wall. The windows of the rooms have been principally 

 in the east wall, and would overlook the well formed gardens, the 

 scarped mound attached to the place, the meeting of the waters, 

 and an extensive tract of country beyond. 



The octagonal Tower, most of the walls of the square Tower, 

 and the greater part of the west wall extending between the square 

 Tower and the Church existed in 1 805. Now only the lower parts 

 of the walls of the octagonal Tower, the Cellars, and the square 

 Tower, to about half its height, with a piece of one corner of it 

 of greater height, remain. The two cellars adjoining the 



