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 KNIGHTLY EFFIGIES AT SANDWKII AND ASH. ;5(i;{ pieces appears to be part of the cliausson. The sjuirs, of a single goati, with two straps, have l)cen gilt. At the feet is a Hon. Tlic sleeveless surcoat is of great lengtli, outciit in front for convenience of riding, ami gathered in at the waist by a plain narrow belt ; on its surface may be traced portions of black and gold, but in (piantities too small to give anv notion of the original heraldic decoration. Overlying the surcoat is the round-topped chain-mail hood, bound with a gilt fillet. The pillows beneath have been ornamented with a fret in purple and gold. The sw^ord, much broken, is sustained by a broad belt, on which may be traced the faint outlines of a circular ornament. The cord attached to the waistbelt has borne a dagger, of which scarcely a fragment remains. The shield has nearly disappeared ; it seems to have been triangular in form, and of moderate dimensions : it is attached by the usual guige. The ailettes ai>pear behind the shoulders, rising from the slab beneath about the eighth of an inch : they have been quadrangidar, though the outer corners are now^ broken off; they show no sign of fastening and no trace of colour. The other monumental statues in England exhibiting the ailette, are those of a Pembridge in Clehongre church, Here- fordshire (figured, with details, in Hollis's Monuments), and the so-called Crusader at Great Tew, Oxfordshire.'' The Clehongre figure is especially curious as showing the ailette fastened by a point, which appears on the outside. In Switzerland there is the statue of Rudolph von Thierstein, at Basle : the ailettes here are square, and fixed on the side of the figure. (Hefner's Trachten, Pt. 2, plate 41.) The examples offered by Enghsh monumental brasses are suffi- ciently familiar ; those of Septvans, Trumpington, and Buslingthorpe, are figured by Hollis, and the Gorleston brass by Stothard. The curious painted windows at Tewkesbury, given in full by Carter, and in part by Shaw (Dresses and Decorations), afford the best illustration contributed by pictured glass. In ivory-carving, and in seals, the ailette is of frequent occurrence. The seals of Edward the Third, as Duke and as King, are well-known instances. Illuminated 3 The Rev. Mr. Liiyton, of Sandwich, peiieral, obscrvis that in English e.xanij.k's wiio, to an txact Uiunvledge ot the remains the presence of ailettes is almost entirely in his own locality, adds a critical ac- confined to the reign of Edward the (luaiiiiuuce with medieval monuments in Second.