PAINTED GLASS IN WELLS CATHEDRAL. 125 
a iet Iecmmmt of the Zointet Claas 
in Wells Cathenal. 
BY GREVILLE J. CHESTER. 
N the following short account of the Painted Glass in 
Wells Cathedral, I am, I fear, incapable of offering 
more than a bare inventory of the existing specimens, and 
of their local position. I can only hope that, in the ab- 
sence of any other, this attempt may prove in some degree 
useful as a guide to those whose superior knowledge may 
supply what is wanting, when the position of the glass 
itself has been thus pointed out. 
The varieties of glass pamting, if the classification of 
Mr. Winston be followed, are arranged under five styles, 
which in the earlier instances coincide with the divisions of 
Gothie architecture in this country. These five styles 
are :— 
The Early English, which comprises all specimens exe- 
cuted before the year 1280. 
The Deecorated, from 1280 to 1380. 
The Perpendicular, from 1380 to 1530. 
The Cinque Cento, from 1500 to 1550. 
