The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . culptures on one of the bosses in the eastern bay,which appeared from the originalpainted glass formerly in its win-dow to have been the chapel , the patron saint of the an-cient corporation of 1385 the church was againburned by the army of Richard11.;^ and in 1387, as appears bythe agreement wnth Johne Johneof Stone and Johne Skayer, masounys, still preserved among thecity archives, the five chapels were added on the south side of thenave. One of these included the beautiful porch and doorway alreadydescribed, which is
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . culptures on one of the bosses in the eastern bay,which appeared from the originalpainted glass formerly in its win-dow to have been the chapel , the patron saint of the an-cient corporation of 1385 the church was againburned by the army of Richard11.;^ and in 1387, as appears bythe agreement wnth Johne Johneof Stone and Johne Skayer, masounys, still preserved among thecity archives, the five chapels were added on the south side of thenave. One of these included the beautiful porch and doorway alreadydescribed, which is required by the contract to be in als gude manorals the durre standand in the west gavyl of ye foresaid Fromthis, therefore, we may presume that the great Avest door—demolishedas appears from the burgh records, along with the whole west wall in1561—was also in the favourite Scottish form of the rounded entries in the accounts of the Great Chamberlain of Scotland. % Wyntown, h. ix. c. vii. - Maitlnnds Hist, of iMiri. p. 63: THE CIIKISTIAN IEIMOD. rendered at the Excliequer between the years 1390 and 1413, shew-that the cost of the restoration of the main building had. been borneby Government, while the city was engaged in extending it by theaddition of a second aisle on the south side of the nave ; and to thisperiod there can be no hesitation in assigning the present south aisleof the nave,—closely corresponding in style to the five chapels builtin fulfilment of the contract of 1387. The next addition was a secondaisle added to the north side of the nave, forming two bays to thewest of the ancient Romanesque porch defaced in 1760. This beauti-ful little fragment still remains, with its light and elegant clusteredpillar adorned with large blazoned shields on a rich foliated capital,from which spring the ribs of its groined roof and the arches whichconnect it with the adjoining aisle. The heraldic devices on theshields supply a clue tothe date as w
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