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^art^olomens. (3) In the third compartment was the figure of St. 

 Mary Magdalene. At the top a similar figure of a monk to that 

 in the first compartment. This description makes no mention of 

 the figure of St. John the Baptist, which is now in the window, and 

 apparently of the same date as the rest. Between 1790, however, 

 when this account was given, and 1823, when the Chapel was 

 enlarged to its present size, the window must have been seriously 

 damaged. 



The portions that remain are as follow. The figure of a Saint 

 clothed in vestments, which is, I believe, on account of the 

 chain in his hand, intended to represent St. Leonard.* (See 

 Illustration III.) This and a con-espondiug figure (Prior 

 Cantlow f) in simpler dress are apparently the two monks which 

 Collinson speaks of as over the first and third lights, and thus 

 had their faces turned toward the Crucifixion, which occupied 

 the central top light. (See Illustration IV.) Of the large 

 figure of St. Bartholomew but the head and inscription remain. 

 (See Illustration V.) Not a trace appears of the Virgin and Child, 

 or of St. Mai-y Magdalene. There is, however, a wild and strange 

 figure of John the Baptist which is unnoticed by Collinson. (See 

 Illustration VI.) The other bits are mere scraps, but the word 

 §tg in one of them is interesting, as it does not appear, from 

 CoUinson's description, to whom it could belong. The skull of 

 St. Bartholomew, the hair of the Virgin, part of the Cross, some 

 hair of St. Mary Magdalene, with some blood of St. John the 

 Baptist, formed part of the relics preserved in the Bath Abbey 

 in the 11th century, t The windows at St. Catherine's and at 

 Westwood, near Freshford, are about the same date and worth 

 comparison, bearing some small points of similarity. 



The other remaining traces of the " formosyte spectabyll " are 

 some Niches, of which there are as many as five. First, one over 

 the outer door of the porch which retains its finial, and under 

 which there appears to have been a brass, torn down probably 

 when the image was removed to which the niche served as a canopy. 



* See " Mrs. Jameson's Legendary and Sacred Art," vol. ii., p. 765, and 



" Calendar of the Anglican Church," Parker. 



t Warner, p. 107. Bib. Corp. Christ., No. cxi. G. p. 7. 



