ful figure, with exquisitively fine drapery
that looks as thin as gauze.
_Missing._
181. _North Side of Tower.--Buttress._ Robert, Archbishop of
Canterbury, standing, holding book in right hand, left hand gone; no
mitre.
182. Q. Elgiva, drapery falls from left shoulder, is folded over right
arm; book in left hand.
183. Q. Edgitha. Tall, gaunt figure; veil falls in long folds to knee,
right arm close to side, left hand holds cord.
184. Q. Edburga, circlet round head, brooch on her breast, holds
drapery in right hand.
_Missing._
_Missing._
185. Christina, Abbess of Romsey.* Beautiful female figure, holding
box in left hand: "her dress is peculiar": one end of veil is caught
over right shoulder, the other falls down in front on right side (p.
31).
186. Wulston of Winchester, bearded, "with distended ears"; right hand
gone.
187. _Buttress._ Archb. Aldred of York, sitting; "mitre modern," it is
conical in shape.
188. Edgar Atheling. Knight, spurred, in surcoat only, with sword
girded outside, no mail, but close-fitting cap and fillet on head: the
fillet was used for the large cylindrical helmet to rest on. He
carries what may be a palmer's hat (Cockerell points out that Edgar
went on a pilgrimage); but Planche says it must be a small Saxon
buckler, as pilgrims did not carry swords. It certainly looks like a
hat.
189. Robert the Saxon. Knight in hauberk, without mail, but feet
spurred, cap on head, shield and sword.
190. Falk of Anjou. Knight in hauberk and chausses of mail, hood of
hauberk enclosing whole head except a portion of the face: on head is
the thick fillet. He covers his body with a shield. His surcoat is
deeply jagged.
191. Robert of Normandy. Knight, in hauberk and complete suit of mail,
in good preservation, shield with boss on it held down: he wears
cyclindrical helmet, his eyes and nose being visible through the slit.
192. _Buttress._ B. Roger of Salisbury, sitting, without mitre.
_Missing._
_Missing._
193. Female figure, holding drapery with right arm, left hand on side.
194. St. Nicholas, the patron saint of baptism, stands in water up to
knees, holding a child in each arm. This ascription is approved by
Planche. (He is commonly called by children "the pancake man," the
conventional water suggesting round cakes).
195. Female figure, in good preservation, but clamped in a sloping
position, drapery good.
THE RESURRECTION TIER.--The sixth tier (195-283) cons
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