. The Archaeological journal. he two lirst lingers raised)in benediction. This is an early thirteenth centuryexample. The figure at Sh(jrthampton is of the fifteenthcentury—cvrca 1460—and agrees closely with that atHauxton, allowing for the two-and-a-half centuriesbetween their respective dates. In the later examplethe saint is depicted in three-quarter face, he is clean-shaven instead of bearded, and the pall hangs in onestraight line from the neck, whereas in the Hauxtonpainting it is Y-shaped. The mitre is low, and thecollar of the amice stands up stiffly round the collar and the a
. The Archaeological journal. he two lirst lingers raised)in benediction. This is an early thirteenth centuryexample. The figure at Sh(jrthampton is of the fifteenthcentury—cvrca 1460—and agrees closely with that atHauxton, allowing for the two-and-a-half centuriesbetween their respective dates. In the later examplethe saint is depicted in three-quarter face, he is clean-shaven instead of bearded, and the pall hangs in onestraight line from the neck, whereas in the Hauxtonpainting it is Y-shaped. The mitre is low, and thecollar of the amice stands up stiffly round the collar and the apparels of the albe, the chasuble-lining, the nimbus and the saints lij)S, are j^ainted in acherry^ red. Tlie peculiarity of the red lips, together withother mannerisms of late dale, such as the stilt, bushy^ cutof the hair, the white face and the painting of the eye-brows in separate fine lines, connects this particularsubject with the grou]) of paintings on the south and to foci IIIIIII 104. SHORTHAMPTON CHAPEL Plate MIRACLE OF THE CLAY BIRDS P M Johnston. ITS WALL-PAIXTIXOS. lOo •east walls of the nave. Tlie chasuble is deftlv |);rmtedto imitate the sheen of silk or satin, in pale o-rey-bhieand yellow tints, and the pall hears the usual ?T^-shaped pins, alternated with flowered ornaments, probablymeant for jewels. Above the head is a backi;-round ofblack (also much used in the gToup of paintings of thisdate), while beliind the figure is a rich crimson ground,with the reticulated pattern lightly sketched on it, as inthe painting of St. FridesMide ; and to the right is theangle of an orange border belonging to another subject,now destroyed. A peculiar purse-like object in tliecorner of this border has yet to be explained. It shouldbe mentioned that an older painting, below this, appearsin parts, but, happily, not so as to disturb the mainoutlines. 5. When the south wall of the nave was pushed out{c. 1400) a chapel was formed in the eastern end, andthis was proba
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