Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . es. The first three bays from the crossing were merely remodelled;but the rest westward were entirely rebuilt. On the north side in theaisle a large window of the same period was inserted to light one of theflanking chapels of the nave altar, and in the south aisle were insertedtwo windows of remarkable design to light the retro-choir. The southporch was entirely recased externally, but for what purpose it is difficultto say, as at present the walls are no less than 10 ft. in thickness. Thecrossing under the central tower
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . es. The first three bays from the crossing were merely remodelled;but the rest westward were entirely rebuilt. On the north side in theaisle a large window of the same period was inserted to light one of theflanking chapels of the nave altar, and in the south aisle were insertedtwo windows of remarkable design to light the retro-choir. The southporch was entirely recased externally, but for what purpose it is difficultto say, as at present the walls are no less than 10 ft. in thickness. Thecrossing under the central tower was vaulted at the same time. Malmesbury. II Shortly after these works were completed, a lower at the west end was?commenced. This was supported on the side and west walls, and over thevaulting on a wide arch. The thrust of this latter was carried by aseries of flying buttresses built above the earlier ones that maintained thevault of the nave. A portion of one of these still remains on the southside. In addition, the third bay from the west was strengthened by the. MALMESBURY ABBEY, EASTERNMOST CLERESTORYWINDOW, SOUTH SIDE. insertion of a strong arch in the first story, and a flying arch across thetriforium and clerestory. The west wall was pierced by a large traceriedwindow above the original doorway. This tower was standing in 1540,but must have fallen soon after, bringing with it the three western bays ofthe nave, excepting the fragment of the south-west angle now remaining. 12 Transactions for the Year 1903. The fine effigy of a king on a simple altar-tomb, now placed in the firstarch on the south side, is of early fifteenth-century date, and is said bytradition to represent King Athelstan, a great benefactor to probably took the place of an earlier memorial, which was consideredby the fifteenth-century folk not sufficiently sumptuous for so great a man. Of the internal arrangements, the eastern bay was occupied by thepulpitum, a gallery from which the epist
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