South face. This was once painted, but not enough remains to allow
the subject to be made out.
Sixth pier, west face. Christ in his Glory; very slight traces
only.
[Illustration: NORTH NAVE ARCADE: WESTERN END.]
Besides these figure subjects painted on the piers, the soffits of the
arches were decorated with colour, some of which still remains.
Although in the four western bays of the main arcade the Early English
work is very plain, yet the triforium is ornate. The arcading consists
of two pointed arches in each bay, each comprising two sub-arches; the
supporting columns are slender and enriched with dog-tooth mouldings,
with which also the string-course below the triforium is decorated. The
shafts, which probably were intended to support a stone vault over the
nave, should be noticed.
This illustration also shows the character of the clerestory. The
triforium over the Norman main arcade consists of large, wide-splayed,
round-headed openings, in which the tracery and glazing introduced in
the fifteenth century, when the aisle roof was lowered in pitch so as to
expose the north side of the triforium to the sky, still remains. One of
the triforium arches, namely, the third from the tower, was simply
walled up at this time, and so retains its original form.
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