lights of these two windows is evident from the fact of their being the narrowest lights in the building, and that the glass exactly fits them.
Let us, then, re-arrange the glass upon this supposition, and put in No. 1 light what is now in No. 7 light; in No. 2 what is now in No. 8; in No. 3 what is now in No. 9; in No. 4 what is now in No. 10; in No. 5 what is now in No. 11; in No. 6 what is now in No. 12; leaving the glass in Nos. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 as it now is, and we shall find the Apostles arranged in a not uncommon order,[1] and a perfect alternation preserved in the forms of the canopies, and in the colouring of the designs, throughout the upper tier of lights. Let us now put in No. 7 light the glass which is in No. 20 light; in No. 8 the remains of the canopy work first mentioned in No. 1, and the portion of the crucifix in No. 1; in No. 9 what is now in No. 4; in No. 11 the remains of the canopy-work first mentioned in No. 2, and the portion of the crucifix in No. 5; in No. 12 what is now in No. 23; in No. 20 the remains of the canopy-work first mentioned in No, 5, and the portion of the crucifix in No. 3; and in No. 23 the remains of the canopy-work first mentioned in No. 3, and the portion of the crucifix in No. 6; leaving No. 10 blank, and the glass in Nos. 19, 21, 22, and 24 as it now is; and we shall find, supposing the missing subject of No. 10 light to have been a duplicate of that in No. 19,[2] and that the remains of the canopy-work, first mentioned in No. 6, belonged to it; that not only will a perfect alternation in the forms of the canopies and the colouring of the subjects be preserved throughout the East windows, in the one, whether regarded in a horizontal or in a perpendicular direction;[3] in the other, when regarded in a horizontal direction—and it is obvious that a double alternation might, by a different arrangement, be produced in this as well as in the former window—but that the attitudes of
- ↑ It is possible that Nos. 15 and 17 are transposed. If St. Mathias were to take the place of St. Matthew, which there is nothing in the order of the canopy design or colouring to prevent, the apostles would be arranged as at Fairford Church, Gloucestershire, with the single exception that there St. Matthew precedes St. Jude.
- ↑ It is by no means an uncommon occurrence to find in ancient glass, the same figures repeated in different, or even the same windows of the same building. I know of an instance as early as the latter part of the twelfth century.
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A C B D This alternation of design and colour is observable in many early Perpendicular windows. The following diagram may serve to explain my meaning. Let the letters arranged in a square, represent four figures and canopies: and let canopies A and B each have a red spire-ground, and blue niche
