Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . quare-cut stomacher; the sleeves are close-fittingand extend to the wrists. Over it is a wide collar, the endsof which are united below the waist, and are kept in place bya broad plain belt. Close round the neck is a necklace ofsquare open links with a pendent cross. The head-dress isvery curious : a veil falls at the back of the head, and isconfined over the forehead by a stiff band, with sides orlappets hiding the ears. It is probably the kind of cap wornunder the steeple head-dress, a covering which becamefashionable i
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . quare-cut stomacher; the sleeves are close-fittingand extend to the wrists. Over it is a wide collar, the endsof which are united below the waist, and are kept in place bya broad plain belt. Close round the neck is a necklace ofsquare open links with a pendent cross. The head-dress isvery curious : a veil falls at the back of the head, and isconfined over the forehead by a stiff band, with sides orlappets hiding the ears. It is probably the kind of cap wornunder the steeple head-dress, a covering which becamefashionable in England about 1467. The feet are coveredwith pointed shoes; the hands are bare and clasped in theattitude of prayer. The eyes are closed, and the expressionis placid. Similar costume and head-dress are shown on theeffigy of the wife of Thomas Mede, 1475, St. Mary RedcliffeChurch, Bristol. 6. Under the male head is a crested helm highly decorated-and encircled in the middle by an heraldic wreath. On thetop is a mitre having infulae with divided ends pendentfrom it. i. SUBSIDIARY WAIST-BELT. Effigies of Bristol. 259 Under the female head is a square pillow, supported bytwo small angels resting their hands on the head and neck. 7. The male feet rest on a small hound lying stretchedout, its head raised, and a wide collar round its neck. The female feet rest against a stool, and are supported bytwo fawning small hounds. ^? 8. High altar tomb, under what is known as a Berkeleyarched canopy. The front is ornamented with eight crocketedniches and pinnacles, and under the soffit is a row of four-leaved flowers. The crocketed arch of the canopy is ogee inform, and is carried up above the lofty cresting, terminatingin a very handsome finial. The arch is doubly foliated, thewide curves of the cinquefoils containing sunk trefoils andflowers, whilst the -cusps are finished with the arch is another row of eight crocketed niches andpinnacles, the centre one combined to bear
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