d glass in an ornamental framework,
as are also the side windows, excepting those nearest the east. These
display a selection of Scripture miracles. There are three painted
windows over the altar, the central containing scenes from the life of
Christ, those to the north and south representing the Old and New
Testaments respectively. To the north of the recess forming the
sanctuary there is an alabaster pulpit,[4] and on the south stands a
small organ.

Services are held at eleven and five o'clock on Sundays, and the church
is open every day for private devotion. It is provided with seats to
accommodate about 200 people. The present vicar and hospitaller is the
Rev. Herbert Skillicorn Close, M.A.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] St. Bartholomew was first interred at Albanopolis, in
Greater Armenia, the scene of his passion, and his remains were
afterwards translated successively to Daras, a city on the
confines of Persia; to the island of Lipari; and to Beneventum.
There is a tradition that his relics were eventually conveyed
to Rome, but exactly where they were laid is uncertain.

[2] A full account of the hospital, brought down to 1837, is
given in the Report of the Charity Commissioners on "Charities
in England," issued in that year (_vide_ No. 32, part vi), and
since reprinted by Messrs. Wyman and Sons. Dr. Norman Moore is
now engaged in writing a new history to the present time. The
name of the first patient is recorded in the "Liber
Fundationis" as "Adwyne of Dunwych."

[3] At the time of Stow's survey the church contained many
brasses and monuments which have disappeared; but a tolerably
complete account of them may be obtained by adding the
descriptions supplied by Weever ("Funeral Monuments") and Gough
("Sepulchral Monuments," vol. ii) to those given by the old
chronicler.

[4] There was formerly a chapel in the north-east corner.

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[Illustration: PLAN OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW-THE-LESS
Dimensions: length, including vestibule, 65 ft.;
without vestibule, 50 ft.;
width, 41 ft. 9 in.
(The measurements do not include the small chancel.)]

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APPENDIX I

THE PRIORY SEALS

_Fig. A._ Twelfth century. Sulphur cast from fine impression, the edge
chipped. About 3-