By G. E. Pouting, F.S.A. 211 



Our Lady with hands iu attitude of prayer within a vesica 

 surrounded by a glory and supported by four angels ; around 

 this emblems of the Evangelists, thus : — south, an angel nursing 

 an ox ; east, • an angel nursing a winged lion ; north, an angel 

 nursing an eagle ; west, an angel only. [This subject clearly 

 distinguishes this as the Lady Chapel.] 



West bay. In the centre Our Lord in majesty with orb and 



right hand in blessing ; the bosses around this have four men 



bearded, and three female figures — one in full monastic garb ; 



the fourth boss having foliage only. It is curious that only 



these three figures are given, and this fact appears to invest 



them with special importance. Do they represent three orders 



of women ? 



With the exception of the two bosses in the south aisle with 



later initials, all the remaining stone bosses have foliated carvings. 



In the east bay of the north aisle is a boss bearing the device a 



barrel or " tun," with a twig sprouting from the end of it (not the 



side as on the tomb at Edington). It has been suggested that this 



symbolises " Ash ton," but it might well be Baynton or Beckington. 



The vaulting springs from canopied niches having figure subjects 



(males and females) carved in the corbels; excepting the one 



in the centre of the north chapel, which has an 



n angel holding a shield bearing a device which I 



cTjsHJt/^ take to be a letter M (this being the Lady 



M VA Chapel), but which Canon Jackson considers to be 



a merchant's mark. Over the north door inside is 



a large niche: all canopy pinnacles flanking the 



niches spring from heads of monsters ; they are 



without finials, and stop abruptly. 



Each bay of the aisle has a four-light pointed window with 

 outside labels, having figure-carved terminals ; the bays are divided 

 by buttresses having dwarf pinnacles on the first set-off and termi- 

 nated by large octagonal ones. The plinth, moulded base, and 

 cornice (with monster bosses over the windows) and embattled 

 parapet are carried round the whole. 

 The nave clerestory is lofty and has a four-light transomed 



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