SOME MILTON ANTIQUITIES. 



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and other more ordinary patterns. Some loose fragments of 

 similar tiling are preserved in the south transept of the Abbey 

 Church. 



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THE PANEL PAINTINGS. 



On the east side of the Rood Loft of Milton Abbey are 

 two crude oil paintings, presumably of the i^th century, 

 which represent Athelstan, the founder of Milton, and a 

 queen. 



The king, in royal apparel, is handing over bodily to the 

 kneeling Head of the Monastery a church of considerable size 

 having an oblong ground plan with three spires. The i3th 

 century seal of the Abbey also credits the church at Milton 

 with three spires; but these disappeared in 1309 when the 

 building was struck by lightning. 



