figures holding
books, and of women bearing religious attributes, might well stand for
saints.
3. _South Tower._ Male figure, much decayed, held by metal clamps.
4. Male figure, much decayed, held by metal clamps.
_Rest of figures missing along west front up to_--
5. _North Tower._ Male figure, much decayed, holds book.
6. A similar figure.
_Missing._
7. _North Buttress._ Male figure, which held some drapery in front.
8. _North Buttress._ Male figure, holding a vessel in right hand
covered with a cloth, the end of which was in left hand. [Cockerell
calls this St. Augustine, erroneously supposing this cloth to be the
pallium.]
9. Beautiful female figure,* drapery resembling a chasuble; hands
gone.
10. Female figure with flowing hair; hands gone.
11. Female figure, wimple round head, in left hand holds a vessel,
right hand is on the edge of the vessel, the fingers dipping in.
12. Female figure,* hood over head, holds in right hand the foot of a
chalice, and with her left the fold of her dress in front.
13. Tall male figure, bearded, holding closed book; in good
preservation.
14. Male figure, bearded; hands gone.
15. _Buttress._ Male figure, bearded, with flowing hair; hands gone.
16. _Buttress._ Male figure, bearded, holding open book in left hand;
upper part moulding away.
17. Deacon* in dalmatic, alb, amice, holding open book in left hand,
right hand gone; drapery is wonderfully fine. (This and the remaining
figures are tonsured and shaven.)
18. Deacon,* a beautiful figure, (apparently in dalmatic), amice; left
hand gone.
19. Deacon, in girded alb, ends of girdle hanging down, wears the
folded chasuble (very rare in art) over left shoulder, maniple; holds
book with both hands.
_Missing._
20. _Buttress._ Deacon, in girded alb, amice, stole over left
shoulder, book in left hand. Besides ends of girdle, end of a stole is
visible on left side, as if a crossed stole had first been carved and
this end forgotten.
21. _Buttress._ Deacon,* stole worn over left shoulder, maniple, but
no amice and no girdle; wears instead of alb a surplice with full
sleeves--an unusual combination.
SECOND TIER.--The next tier (22-53) consists of thirty-two
quatrefoils, some of which are now empty. The rest contain half-length
figures of angels, holding crowns, mitres, scrolls, or drapery in
their hands.
THIRD TIER.--This, which we may call the Bible Tier, consists of
forty-eight quatrefoil
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