Fig. 803.—Lincluden College. Caps of Shafts.
Large pointed windows, originally filled with fine geometric tracery ([Figs. 800] and [804]), are inserted in all the bays of the south side of the nave and choir and in the gable walls of the choir and transept. The design of the tracery may be easily restored from the surviving fragments (see Billings). The windows of the north wall of the choir are placed high in the wall and are of small dimensions, owing to the large monument in that wall, and also because part of the wall was covered by the roof of the sacristy. The mullions and tracery are all very massive and of purer geometric form than is generally met with in Scotland. The somewhat debased tracery common in later Scottish structures is here entirely absent.
The exterior of the structure (see [Fig. 800]) is simple, but chaste, in design, and accords well with that of the interior. The base mouldings and the beautifully-carved cornice are decorated in character.
The splendid monument in the north wall of the choir (see [Fig. 801]) was erected in memory of Margaret, daughter of Robert III. and wife of Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas, son of Archibald the Grim. He went to France in 1423, with a large retinue, to the aid of Charles VII., by whom he was created Duke of Touraine. He was killed at the battle of Verneuil, in 1424. The countess survived till about 1440. She made grants to the college in 1429, which were confirmed by her brother, James I. She also founded a chapel, and increased the number of inmates from thirteen to thirty-four. The monument is evidently part of the original design. The choir would, therefore, appear to have been in
Fig. 804.—Lincluden College. Chancel Arch, Rood Screen, and Nave.