South

Cross over to the wall opposite the organ, and look up at the paintings surrounding the organ pipes. Here are those five layers again. They have not been conserved and the paintings are not so clear

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But there are the stencilled red rosettes of the 1st layer again. S_rosette.JPG (45449 bytes)

Much fainter are 2 Shields from the 2nd layer, one of which contains the arms of the Bishop of Ely of 1290.

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And a very faint outline of another painting of the Virgin Mary series, – ’The Annunciation’. It is from the 3rd layer.

Now, can you see a large arm and hand holding an open book? This a later painting of an Apostle, part of a series of 9 Apostles from the 4th layer.

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Lastly, an English text. Being in the 10th spandrel, this is of course the 10th of’ The Ten Commandments, which forms the 5th layer. s_commandment.JPG (46335 bytes)
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