15. Lancets (_a_) S. Giles in the act of blessing, and below, celebrating Mass before the King.

(_b_) S. George of Cappadocia in thirteenth-century armour, and below, nude on a wheel of swords.

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Rose (_c_) S. George on horseback slaying a dragon.

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16. Lancets (_a_) Christ, and below, Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac.

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(_b_) The sacrifice of Isaac repeated, and above, a bust of Christ with the letters Alpha and Omega, ‘the beginning and the end.’

17. Lancets (_a_) A Martyr and S. Martin of Tours.

(_b_) S. Martin cutting his cloak and beholding Christ in a vision.

Rose (_c_) The donors, with an inscription, ‘The men of Tours have given these three windows.’

18. A free version of the story of the Prodigal Son.

19. The story of S. Laurence was portrayed in this window, but the central portion of it was removed in 1791, when the Chapel of the Transfiguration was made.

_North Transept, Clerestory_ (West Side).

21. Lancets (_a_) The Death, Assumption and Crowning of the Virgin.

(_b_) Angels announcing the Birth of Christ to the Shepherds, and below, the Presentation in the Temple. Below again, and in the

Rose (_c_) Philip of France, Count of Boulogne, uncle of S. Louis, on his knees before an altar, and on horseback.

22. Lancets (_a_) The Annunciation and the Visitation. Below, Mahaut, Countess of Boulogne.

(_b_) S. Joachim and S. Anne visited by Angels. Their meeting at the Golden Gate of the Temple. Below, Countess Jeanne, the donor.

23. Thirteenth-century grisailles, with border of the Lilies of France, and the Castles of Castile.

25, 26, 27, 28, 29. The five pointed windows described above (p. 159).

_North Transept, Clerestory_ (East Side).

30. Lancets (_a_) S. Thomas and S. Barnabas.

(_b_) S. Thomas and S. Jude, and below, the Canon who gave the window.

(_c_) Christ seated between the sun and the moon, and holding a globe blazoned with the arms of Castile.

31. The Lancets of this window contain four more Apostles, like the last, and

The Rose, a portrait of the same munificent Canon.

32. Lancets (_a_) S. Eustace and the Stag, his Baptism, before the Idols. Below, an Armed Knight on horseback.

(_b_) The Annunciation, Birth of Christ, and the Adoration of the Magi. Below, the wife of the aforesaid knight.