Page:Archaeological Journal, Volume 9.djvu/64

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
38
THE PAINTED GLASS IN

mentioned in No. 1. Below is part of a canopy which has been cut to fit the light. Under it is the upper half of a female figure (which does not appear to belong to the canopy), on a blue tapestry ground, powdered with letters E, crowned. Below are fragments of canopy-work made into a sort of pattern; and the residue of the light is occupied with the pedestal, and part of the niche of a canopy, which clearly was originally of the same design as that described in No. 1. The only difference is, that here the steps of the cross are coloured purple, the shafts green, and the tapestry ground red. The scroll running through the pedestal is made up of fragments of other scrolls.

No. 4. The whole of this light is occupied with a representation of a figure and canopy. The canopy, across whose pedestal is written the following portion of the founder's legend, Istius collegii, is, in other respects, exactly like that in No. 19 light. The figure is a duplicate of that in No, 24 light. Any further description of either is, therefore, postponed for the present.

No. 5. In the head of the light, and exactly fitting it, is the head of a canopy on a blue spire ground exactly like that first mentioned in No. 1. Below is part of a canopy cut to fit the light, and the upper half of a female figure holding a palm branch, on a red tapestry ground, powdered with letters M, crowned, A piece of yellow glass has been accidentally inserted in the nimbus of this figure, in such a manner as, at first sight, to impart to it a cruciferous appearance. The figure does not belong to either window. The remainder of the light is filled with a pedestal and part of a niche of a canopy, precisely similar to that described in No. 1, The steps of the cross are here green, the shaft is purple, the tapestry red, and on the scroll running through the pedestal is written, Wynton.

No. 6. In the upper part of the light is the top of a canopy, of the same design as that in No. 4 light, having a red spire ground. Below is part of the hood of a canopy, cut to fit the light, under which are fragments of a male saint (which do not belong to either window), on a blue tapestry ground, powdered with letters B, crowned. The remainder of the light is filled with the pedestal and part of the niche of a canopy similar to that described in No. 1. The steps of the cross are green, the shaft is pink, the clouds, as in all