140 ST. piran's old church. 



Beuclies, 14 in. in higli, b}" 12 in. wide on 3 sides. 



Chancel, 9^ feet wide. 



Nave 15i" 



[Here an asterisk reference to a following page, on which is 

 written, "Chancel, 9^ feet."] 



Correctly ascertained the north and south walls, and plainly 

 evidently'^"' showing the precise points where woodwork had been 

 fixed for the purpose of separating it from the nave." 



The memo, proceeds — 



" South Door. 



Saxon arch, ornamented in the centre witli a Tiger's head, 

 and at the right base of the arch with a woman's head, and left 

 with a man's head rather rudely carved. 



Fixed in the right groove of the doorway and part of the 

 door-hinges, and in the left hollow space in which a bar in which 

 might have been inserted for the purpose of fastening the door.'f 

 All the doorway was built of a soft granite or sand and cut into 

 blocks of 8 to 10 square, and ornamented with tracery in two 

 compartments." 



Mr. MuUer has also handed me the original sketch by Mr. 

 Michell, and it is here reproduced. It will be observed that the 

 measurements of the altar are at first sight c|uite impossible — 

 the whole being marked as 5 feet 3 inches ; but the sum of the 

 items of less than one half, viz.: 15" x 10" x ir'=3 feet. 



The drawing, too, is rude, but Mr. Michell was, though not 

 an artist, yCt a competent engineer accustomed to observation 

 and measurements, and the discrepancy probably arises from our 

 misunderstanding his rough figure memoranda. Mr. Muller 

 suggests to me, and it is highly probable (especially having 

 regard to Mr. Michell' s menio. that some of these measurements 

 refer to the "sides within inside of the front") that the figures 

 on the plan are meant to indicate an altar of this shape 



If so, this confirms the information given to Mr. Muller and 

 others by some who had seen the original altar, that these 

 corners were cut out, leavdng spaces which it has been suggested 

 were probably for the front supports of a baldachin. Another 



ig. [Sic] 



20. [The sense of this is not very clear. The MS. is full of erasures. 



