Fig. 483.—Holyrood Abbey. South-East Doorway.
the south aisle. Two of these windows, that over the doorway and the one to the west of it, are circular headed, and have a Norman character in their nook shafts and cushion caps. These windows are, however,
Fig. 484.—Holyrood Abbey. North Aisle.
restorations, probably constructed in imitation of Norman windows which existed there originally. It will be observed that the inner order of the arch contains two reprises wrought on the stone, which were evidently the ends of two simple pieces of tracery springing from a central mullion. This form of design shows that the construction was undoubtedly of a late period. Besides, the sconsions of these windows are wrought with an obtuse nook containing a shaft, so as to correspond with the other first pointed windows of the south aisle. It is not improbable that the choir was built before the nave, and was of Norman work. This supposition may account for the Norman work found in the first bay of the nave, which may have been erected in connection with the choir and crossing.
Fig. 485.—Holyrood Abbey. Arcade in North Aisle.