Part 6

He casts his mantle, represented by a lovely piece of ruby glass, down to Elisha.

WINDOW XXI.

1. Peter and John heal the 2. The Apostles arrested. lame man at the gate of the Temple.

3. Peter and the Apostles 4. The Death of Annanias. going to the Temple.

In the background, Peter and John are seen bound to a pillar and scourged.

In the background, Peter preaching inside the building.

In the background is seen his body being carried out for burial.

WINDOW XXII.

1. The Conversion of St. Paul. 2. Paul conversing with Jews at Damascus.

3. Paul and Barnabas at 4. Paul stoned at Lystra. Lystra.

In the background he is seen being let down in a basket from a window. In this and the preceding window figures of St. Luke, habited as a doctor, with his ox by him, alternate with figures of angels in the central light.

WINDOW XXIII.

1. Paul and the Demoniac 2. Paul before the Chief Captain Woman. Lysias at Jerusalem.

3. Paul saying farewell at 4. Paul before Nero. Philippi.

In this subject is a beautiful specimen of a late fifteenth century ship. The ship has her sails furled, and is anchored by her port anchor as her starboard anchor is fished (i.e. made fast with its shank horizontal) to the ship's side by her cable. An empty boat is alongside. At the top of the mainmast is a fighting top from which project two large spears.

An excellent article on this ship was contributed by Messrs. H. H. Brindley, M.A., and Alan H. Moore, B.A., and read to the members of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society in 1909.

WINDOW XXIV.

1. The Death of Tobit. 2. The Burial of Jacob.

3. The Death of the Virgin. 4. The Funeral of the Virgin.

WINDOW XXV.

1. The Translation of Enoch. 2. Solomon receives his mother Bath-Sheba.

3. Assumption of the Virgin. 4. The Coronation of the Virgin.

She kneels in the centre, full face. On right the Son, seated; on left the Father, crowning Mary. The dove between. Angels playing music in front.

WINDOW XXVI.

The West Window was filled with stained glass depicting the Last Judgment, by Messrs. Clayton and Bell, of London, in 1879. There is no doubt that in the original scheme of the windows this was intended to be the subject of the west window. Like the east window, it consists of nine lights, divided by a transom into two tiers. The general idea is to set forth the scene of the Judgment as within a vast hall of semi-circular plan. In the central light of the upper tier is seated the figure of our Lord on the throne of judgment. On each side of the principal figure are groups of angels jubilant with trumpets and bearing emblems of the Passion.

On the right and left, each in three divisions, are seated figures of Apostles and other Saints. In the three lights below the figure of our Lord are St. Michael and two other angels, the one on the dexter side (the left side as you look at it) bearing a Lily, the other on the sinister (right) holding a flaming sword. St. Michael in the centre is in full armour. He carries the scales of judgment, and rests one hand on a cruciferous shield.

The lower portions of the lights show, on the one side, the resurrection of the blessed, with angels receiving them. A special feature of the design is seen in the lowermost portion near the centre. Here appears the figure of the founder, King Henry VI. He rises from his grave gazing upward, and bearing in his hands a model of the chapel itself. On the other side the lost are shown, driven out by angels threatening them with flaming swords.

In the tracery are arranged various shields and heraldic devices, which comprise the arms of Queen Victoria, Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, the Provost (Dr. Okes), the Visitor (the Bishop of Lincoln, Chr. Wordsworth), F. E. Stacey, Esq. (the Donor), with those of King's College, Eton College, and the University.