The arch which separates the Nave from the Octagon has also been decorated, as well as the wall which connects the arch with the ceiling; the design contains the evangelistic symbols of St. Matthew and St. John, and the text "Blessed be the Name of His Majesty for ever, and all the earth shall be filled with His Majesty. Amen and Amen."
Transcriber's Note: The text in the above illustration appears below. The first paragraph contains the text along the sides of the image.
The heads forming the border represent the human ancestors of our Lord, according to the genealogy in St. Luke's Gospel; they commence at the Eastern end, and terminate at the Western, thus linking together the Glorified Manhood, as exhibited in the last of the pictorial representations, with the Creation of Man in the first.
"Non nobis, Domini, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam."
12.
THE LORD IN GLORY.
'I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.'
11.
THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS AND OF THE MAGI.
'Unto us a child is born: Gentiles shall come to thy light, and Kings to the
brightness of thy rising.'