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On the central apse window, north side, Douglas; south side, Sandilands (a bend).

1st window west from central one.

Dexter side—Lion or Griffin rampant.

Sinister side—Cockburn—The family being allied to the Cockburns of Ormiston.

2nd window to west.

Dexter side—Lindsay (fesse chequé) (Fig. 1203, D).

Sinister side—Sandilands quartered with  Douglas,  and  initials P. S. (Fig. 1203, A).

3rd window to west. ,

Dexter side—Douglas (Fig. 1203, C).

Sinister side—Sandilands and Douglas, with initials J. S. (Fig. 1203, B).

In the interior of the church the same arms occur on corbels as in the one supporting the rood loft, now the family gallery (Fig. 1204).

There in also a remarkable carved panel in oak (Fig. 1205), which combines the above arms reversed, with the initials J. S. and J. L., and the date 1595, together with certain Scripture texts.

The Douglas descent is throughout prominently displayed, and the heart and stars sometimes occupy the chief part of the shield. One coat, from centre window (see Fig. 1203, D), exhibits the bearings of a fess chequé of four tracts, with a St. George's cross in chief, being the arms of the distinguished predecessor of Sir James Sandilands, Lord of Torphichen, and St. John, viz., Sir Walter Lindsay, head of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem in Scotland, the cross having reference to the badge of the order.

The tracery in the large windows is well preserved, and is of a kind usual in late work in Scotland, having curved bars without cusping (Figs. 1200 and 1206). The round-headed doorway to the choir is introduced in the central bay under the window, the lower part of which is stepped up to allow of its introduction.

KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL,.

The west end of this fine chapel, with its extremely picturesque tower (Fig. 1207), fronts the main street of Old Aberdeen, and forms the north-west corner of the college quadrangle.

The chapel (Fig. 1208) is a long narrow building, with a three-sided apsidal east end, measuring inside the walls about 122 feet 6 inches in length by about 28 feet in width. It is divided into six bays by projecting buttresses, and has a large window filled with mullions and tracery in each bay on the north side, except the second one from the