ascending order, through a series of nine medallions,
following in the same manner through a similar number in
the north lancet, and five others in the central lancet;
alternately with these five are quatrefoils containing
representation of types from the Old Testament of the events
of the Passion represented in the other medallions; and in
the segmental spaces round these quatrefoils are represented
eighteen other incidents of the last days of the Saviour. In
the segmental spaces in the south lancet the figures of the
kings are disposed in pairs; and in the north lancet these
spaces are filled with the figures of Moses, Elias, and the
prophets; and at the bottom a kneeling figure of the donor.
The five upper windows, two on the north and two on the
south, contain figures of the apostles; at the top of the
central window our Lord is represented as sitting in glory,
beneath which are depicted four incidents which occurred
after the Crucifixion.

The floor of the Choir has been re-laid with marble combined with
Minton's encaustic tiles, and a large marble slab has been placed over
the grave of Bishop Hotham, inlaid with brass and bearing the arms of
the see and those of the bishop, surrounded by an inscription. At the
foot of this another has been laid over the grave of Prior Crauden,
superior of the monastery at the time of the erection of the Octagon;
this is the original gravestone of the prior, but it had been removed
with several others to another part of the church; the brass insertion
has been renewed, shewing a kneeling figure with a large foliated
cross issuing from his bosom, with the initials I.C. on either side,
and surrounded by an inscription.

In the wide treading of one of the steps at the end of the stalled
choir are placed the arms of some of the benefactors to the
restoration of the Cathedral;[44] executed by Messrs. Minton. In the
Presbytery, where the absence of stall-work allows space for more
elaborate design, it will be seen much care and skill has been used,
and the effect produced is very good. The communion table is raised
five steps above the level of the floor, each step being laid in
mosaic and encaustic tiles of beautiful and varied patterns, used in
conjunction with veined, and faced with black, marble.

[Footnote 44: In the centre are the arms of the Duke of Bedford; on
the south side those of Alexander Be