represented on the seals of the hall and college; with bishop Wykeham on his right hand, (which is remarkable,) and Mary Magdalen in the middle. On each side of the chapel-door, near the cloister, is an angel carved in relievo, holding a scroll, with difficult characters painted and gilded; one with the motto of the founder, (ff denoting F) ffecit mihi magna qui potens est! the other with a passage from Gen. xxviii. 17. Hic est domus Dei et porta celie; which was formerly exhibited by an angel in like manner near the entrance of the chapel at New college. In the centre of the arch of the stone-roof by this door is a small figure of an aged bishop in his pontificals, with a cross raised in his left hand, the fingers of his right, disposed according to the usage of the Romish church in giving the benediction. He is between two angels with wings, : • Porta celi si cito, an " sic ito"? I am not satisfied about the reading in italics. Gen. xxviii. 16. "And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he "said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. 17. "And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! "This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of "heaven." f (Before 1636.) A. Wood. Gutch, p. 199. such such as may be seen supporting the arms of Waynflete in the cloister, by the library, and in various other places. Portraits or busts of kings and bishops, now disregarded and without a name, adorn the inside of the chapel and hall, both which are spacious and handsome. Grotesque or emblematical figures, not understood by Dr. Budden, are disposed round the quadrangle. The spouts, roofs, windows and doors, have their carvework. Toward the street is a monk in a cowl; as has been noticed, I think, at Lincoln or some other college. Among the armorial bearings are the royal, the rose with a radiated sun or star, the plume of ostrich feathers, the portcullis, and those of the see of Winchester and of the founder. The initials of his name (W W) occur in cypher; and his favourite lilies are frequently introduced. The magnificence as well as piety of Waynflete was diplayed in the chapel. The windows, after the fashion which had prevailed from the time of Henry the Fourth, were adorned with portraits and painting on 8 Budden, p. 77. "Vivis animalium figuris tibicines, occultum " nescio quid et hieroglyphicum significantibus exornantur." the |