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 15G SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS IN OXFOED CATHEDRAL. which tlicy present, these figures are most interesting, and are deserving of ftir more attention than I have been able to devote to them.^ The next monument in point of chronological order is a high tomb, the south side of which is divided in five com- partments by quatrefoiled circles, each enclosing a shield. A similarly-designed compartment may be seen at the head. The north side and foot of this monument are not exposed. On this tomb is the recumbent effigy of a knight, in body armour of the period of Henry IV., but presenting no very peculiar points of interest. On the head is a conical basinet, attached by a lace down the sides of the face to a camail or tippet of mail, which covers the head and shoulders, epau- lieres, rere and vambraces, and coudes incase the shoulders, arms, and elbows, and on the hands are gauntlets of plate. The bod^'-armour is covered with an emblazoned jupon, ^'itli an ornamental border of leaves, and round this, about the hips, is a rich horizontally disposed bawdrick. Beneath the jupon, which is charged with the bearing — three garbs Or, — is seen the skirt or apron of mail. The thighs, knees, legs, and feet are encased in and protected by cuisses, genouilleres, jambs, and sollerets, the latter composed of moveable laminae or plates, and rounded at the toes. The feet of this efiigy rest against a collared dog, and the head reposes on a tilting helm, sm'mounted by a bull's head as a crest. This efiigy has been ascribed to a judge who lived in the middle of the thirteenth century, Henry de Bath, who lived in the time of Henry IH., and whose name occurs as late as 1260. It is, however, two centuries later in date, or nearl}'- so, and does not present any feature in costume resembling that of a judge. From the armorial bearings on the side of the tomb, I think the person of whom this monument is a memorial might, with some research, be ascertained. On the scutcheon at the head of the tomb are these arms, — a fess between three garbs, impaling a chevron between three greyhounds. Such are the principal monuments in Oxford Cathedral. Another high tomb, under the largest window in the north - Coloured representations of this effigy, Effigies of Great Britain," a serjuel to and its highly curious details, as also of Stothard's valuable series, which unforta- the smaller figures aViove described, are nately has never been bi'ought to comple- given by Mr. Hollis, in his " Monumental tion.