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IV. The Great West Window, 1338. Eight Lights. 
The Coronation of the Virgin—The Annunciation.—Nativity—Resur¬ 
rection and Ascension of Christ—The Apostles and Archbishops. 
The window (fig. 32) consists of eight lights, arranged in pairs 
under pointed arches with quatrefoil head, these pairs are grouped 
under two ogee arches, and the whole is brought under a pointed 
equilateral arch filled in with charming flowing tracery, the centre 
of which is in the form of a heart. The tracery glass is diapered 
with curved stems bearing the trefoil leaf, considered to be the 
badge of Archbishop Melton. 
The centre of the quatrefoils have small panels depicting a 
Pelican feeding its young, the Agnus Dei, an eight pointed star, 
and an eight-leaved rose. At the top of the two central lights are 
enthroned figures of Christ and His Mother, illustrating the 
mediaeval representation of the Church Triumphant or the Coron¬ 
ation of the Virgin. 
The row below depicts, under canopies, the Annunciation—the 
archangel Gabriel with salutation and the Virgin Mary with lily ; 
the Nativity—the Holy Mother with the Infant Jesus and St. 
Joseph; the Resurrection—Christ in the garden and the Angel at 
the tomb ; below which are three guards in mixed mail-armour 
and having decorated bacinets, shoulder and shin plates and jackets 
with pendant sleeves; the Ascension ; six figures and Christ ascend¬ 
ing. Each subject occupies two lights. 
St. Mary — Christ. 
Holy 
Gabriel. B.Virgin. Mother. S. Joseph. Christ. Angel. Ascension. Return. 
2 Apost. 2 Apost. John. Peter. Paul. Apostle. Apostle. 2 Apost. 
Archbp. Archbp. Archbp. Archbp. Archbp. Archbp. Archbp. Archbp. 
In the row below are depicted, under canopies, the Apostles. 
In order to complete the number eleven, three compartments show 
an additional face. In the central lights are St. Peter with keys, 
and St. Paul with sword. 
The lower row has, under groined canopies, figures of arch¬ 
bishops (fig. 33), probably representing Melton and his seven 
immediate predecessors, the parura of the second bears sable spread 
eagles or, that of the third, fourth, seventh, and eighth, a sable lion 
rampants or, and that of the sixth a fess between three diamonds. 
The seven predecessors of Archbishop Melton were Greenfield, 
Corbridge, Newark, Romanus, Wickwaine, Giffard, and Ludham. 
