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angle ; and near it is a stair-case-turret, and a recess cut in one of the buttresses.
At the southern transept is also a modern porch, of a discordant character. The
interior consists of a nave, choir, and two ailes extending the whole length of
the chapel, and continuing behind the altars: two small oratories at the west
end (A. B.) ; two of larger dimensions, (C. I.) forming a transept near the
centre; another small oratory (H.) joined to the southern transept; and a sixth
oratory (F.) diverging from the S. E. angle of the chapel. Each and all of these
lateral buildings appear to have been either wholly or principally erected by
different persons, Knights of the Garter, or officers connected with the establish-
ment ; and some of them were apparently built subsequent to the original chapel.
Indeed, it is very probable that the first design was without transepts, or
projecting buildings, at the west and east ends.
Plate II. displays two arches and the upper divisions of the south side of the
nave, nearest to the transept. Each side of the nave consists of seven similar
compartments ; with corresponding piers, panelling over the arches, windows,
and panelling in the ailes, upper tier of windows, also groining springing from
the clustered columns. A fascia, or frieze of half angels, extends all round the
interior of the building, beneath the upper windows. An elegant ornament of
lozenge shaped leaves, &c. a genuine mark of the Tudor style of architecture, is
shewn above these heads, the bodies of which are displayed as covered with
feathers. Each transom or horizontal mullion of the windows has an embattled
moulding. The two western arches of the nave, between that and the ailes, are
rather wider than the others.
Plate X. Elevation of the west window.—This spacious and magnificent
window, like those in Henry the Seventh's Chapel, and King's College Chapel,
fills up the whole width of the nave, and like the former is divided into three
large compartments, each of which is again subdivided by smaller mullions into
five lights. Horizontally it consists of six tiers of lights, each with a cinque-
foil head, and filled with ancient stained glass. Every transom mullion has, in-
ternally and externally, an embattled moulding. It will be seen, by reference to
former plates in this work, that the west window of Henry the Seventh's Chapel
contains only three transoms, and that of King's Chapel, only one. The latter
is divided into nine lights by vertical mullions. The stained glass, which fills
this window, was collected from various other windows in the chapel, and in-
serted here, in the year 1774, at the expense of nearly £600. The figures re-
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angle ; and near it is a stair-case-turret, and a recess cut in one of the buttresses.
At the southern transept is also a modern porch, of a discordant character. The
interior consists of a nave, choir, and two ailes extending the whole length of
the chapel, and continuing behind the altars: two small oratories at the west
end (A. B.) ; two of larger dimensions, (C. I.) forming a transept near the
centre; another small oratory (H.) joined to the southern transept; and a sixth
oratory (F.) diverging from the S. E. angle of the chapel. Each and all of these
lateral buildings appear to have been either wholly or principally erected by
different persons, Knights of the Garter, or officers connected with the establish-
ment ; and some of them were apparently built subsequent to the original chapel.
Indeed, it is very probable that the first design was without transepts, or
projecting buildings, at the west and east ends.
Plate II. displays two arches and the upper divisions of the south side of the
nave, nearest to the transept. Each side of the nave consists of seven similar
compartments ; with corresponding piers, panelling over the arches, windows,
and panelling in the ailes, upper tier of windows, also groining springing from
the clustered columns. A fascia, or frieze of half angels, extends all round the
interior of the building, beneath the upper windows. An elegant ornament of
lozenge shaped leaves, &c. a genuine mark of the Tudor style of architecture, is
shewn above these heads, the bodies of which are displayed as covered with
feathers. Each transom or horizontal mullion of the windows has an embattled
moulding. The two western arches of the nave, between that and the ailes, are
rather wider than the others.
Plate X. Elevation of the west window.—This spacious and magnificent
window, like those in Henry the Seventh's Chapel, and King's College Chapel,
fills up the whole width of the nave, and like the former is divided into three
large compartments, each of which is again subdivided by smaller mullions into
five lights. Horizontally it consists of six tiers of lights, each with a cinque-
foil head, and filled with ancient stained glass. Every transom mullion has, in-
ternally and externally, an embattled moulding. It will be seen, by reference to
former plates in this work, that the west window of Henry the Seventh's Chapel
contains only three transoms, and that of King's Chapel, only one. The latter
is divided into nine lights by vertical mullions. The stained glass, which fills
this window, was collected from various other windows in the chapel, and in-
serted here, in the year 1774, at the expense of nearly £600. The figures re-