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.'354 EFFIGY OF A KNIGHT OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, ro}^ Pontus :"- — -" Poiitiis ala tout droit a la grat esglise offrir son clieval et son harnois a laiitel et osta son haubert et fu affuble dun mantel fourre de sebelines.'^ The tassets of our knight arc of five hoops, overlapping from above. From the tuilles much has been cut away, but their arrangement may yet be traced ; one in front, and one on each side. Beneath was probably a fringe of chain, but neither at this spot, nor in any part of the figure, can now be found any indication of chain-mail. Over the breastplate is worn the gorget of plate, of which the Ijorder, at the lower edge, has almost the appearance of a decorative Collar. The arm-defences are entirely of plate ; the epaulieres curious, from their rebated edge overlapping the breastplate. The gauntlets have flexible cuff's, and divisions for the fingers. The legs are also armed with plate. On the outside of each " kneecop " is a large plate in the form of a five-leaved rose, Kneeplates seem to have been added below the " kneecops," but the surface is so much perished at this part, that the arrangement is not clearly distinguishable. The spur points are not expressed, but would, of course, be of the rowel kind. Of the sabatyns and the lion at the feet, so much has been cut away, that we can only guess at their form from the outhnes. Both sword and dagger have disappeared. A single narrow waist-belt, terminating with an ornament resembhng a fleur-de-lis, is the only belt on the figure. The knight has the rounded hair and beardless face of the period. Under his head is a lozenge-shaped pillow, supported by two ministering angels — omitted in our sketch — the angels of very rude design. But the most curious feature of this memorial is the little figure of a Soul in prayer, sculptured in a " mystic oval," and borne in the knight's hands ; himself in an attitude of prayer. X"t' ITl/vI! V~~ As far as is known to the writer of this paper, no similar example has been left to our times. Amongst those very interesting monuments pre- served in Hitchendon Church, Bucks, is an instance somewhat analogous. A figure clothed only in a shroud, has an image in prayer sculptured upon the