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And lastly, the Intermediate, which includes the speci- 
mens executed from the close of the Cinque Cento 
period to the present time.* 
Of the first of these styles, the Early English, it is 
probable that the Cathedral of Wells does not possess a 
single fragment. 
In glass of the second, or Decorated style, it is extremely 
rich ; and detached specimens of all the succeeding periods 
are to be found scattered about in different parts of the 
church. 
The Decorated glass is contained in the great east win- 
dow of the choir, that, viz., over the altar, and in the two 
clerestory windows adjoining on either side ; in the east and 
side windows of the ladye-chapel ; in the windows in the 
presbytery at the eastern extremity of the two choir-aisles, 
and in the tracery of the two windows on the north and 
south sides adjoining ; in some of the side windows of the 
aisles on either side the choir ; and lastly, in the windows 
of the chapter-house, and in the tracery of the two win- 
dows of the chapter-house staircase. 
Of ıhese examples, the east window of the choir, from 
its size and comparative perfection, demands the first at- 
tention. This beautiful window belongs to the class known 
as “Jesse windows,” from the representation which they 
exhibit of the prineipal personages in the family of our 
Lord in or among the foliage of a vine, which springs up 
from the body of Jesse, who lies prostrate at the bottom of 
the composition. In the present instance each window- 
light is surrounded by a border of a pattern repeated else- 
where in the Cathedral. In alternate lishts the border 
consists of yellow lions arranged between pieces of red 
* Vide Winston on Painted Glass, Vol. 1. 
