Archaeologia cantiana . ring my opinion, as to theremarkable low-side window in that church, accordingto your request, on the spot, had this been these circumstances I will venture to write,shortly, respecting that most remarkable specimen ofthose windows which throws more light upon theirformer use than any other in England, except one inElsfield Church, Oxfordshire, which is of the samecharacter and of equal ecclesiological value. Some-times these are separate from the other windowsof a church, smaller than the rest, and on a lowerlevel; but, perhaps, more frequently beloio on
Archaeologia cantiana . ring my opinion, as to theremarkable low-side window in that church, accordingto your request, on the spot, had this been these circumstances I will venture to write,shortly, respecting that most remarkable specimen ofthose windows which throws more light upon theirformer use than any other in England, except one inElsfield Church, Oxfordshire, which is of the samecharacter and of equal ecclesiological value. Some-times these are separate from the other windowsof a church, smaller than the rest, and on a lowerlevel; but, perhaps, more frequently beloio one ofthese, and divided from the upper, or ordinary, portionby a transom. Their peculiar characteristics are thelowness of their position, and that they were neveroriginally glazed, but simply provided with a shutterand protected externally by iron bars, or a usual position is towards the west end of thechancel, and one of these is often found in churchesdating from the 12th to the 15th centuries, but some-. low SIDE WINDOW IN DODINCTON CHURCH. LOW SIDE WINDOW IN DODINGTON CHURCH. 237 times two of them. Such an arrangement wascommon in secular buildings, glazed lights above,and shuttered ones below, diu-ing the Medigeval Period,for the purpose of dividing the office of giving lightand air to halls, etc.; and in some instances low-sidewindows in churches served only as ventilators apartfrom the rest, on the right principle of letting in airat a low level, and also occasionally to prevent anyinterference with the series of subjects painted uponthe glass of the windows proper; but I cannot thinkthat this was the principal reason of their construction,and certainly not the onli/ one, as clearly demonstratedby those of Dodington and Elsfield. The first is alate specimen of the 15tli century, originally, like allothers, fitted with a shutter only, of wliich the hingesand bolt-hole still remain, although now glazed. Butthe especial point of interest, in connection wi
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