Fig. 413.—Dryburgh Abbey. Doorway of Chapter House.
Fig. 414.—Dryburgh Abbey. Interior of Chapter House.
side openings were unglazed, and were used for seeing and listening to what was proceeding in the chapter house below.
The doorway ([Fig. 413]) is large and deeply recessed, having three shafts on the sloping ingoing, and plain mouldings above in the round arch, divided into several orders. The jambs and arch over them are enriched with a bold dog-tooth moulding. The outer arches of the windows on each side of the doorway are plain semicircles, filled in with two pointed lights, having a central shaft.
