over the south aisle and the chapels (see [Fig. 766]). The tracery in the windows of those chapels is good, and has suffered much less than usual. The vaulting of the nave, south aisle, and chapels is supported by a series of flying buttresses, which form one of the most prominent and beautiful
Fig. 768.—Melrose Abbey. Rood Screen and Nave.
Fig. 769.—Melrose Abbey. Niche, in Nave Pinnacle, with Figure of St. Andrew.
elements of the building. No church in Scotland retains such a striking example of that important feature of Gothic architecture.