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XIV.—On the Roof of the Church of St. Andrew, Mildenhall, Suffolk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2012

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The interior of the beautiful church of Mildenhall in Suffolk is remarkable for its spacious and noble proportions. Its roof of oak must take a chief place amongst the many fine examples in the eastern counties. The chancel is of Early English architecture, but the nave and aisles belong to the fifteenth century. It is to the roof of the latter to which I shall direct your attention. It has never been painted, as was so commonly the practice in the county, and therefore has that grey colour which ensues when no extraneous matter has been applied. The roof of the nave is divided by seven principal beams, supported by spandrels with tracery, with additions sustaining the rafters.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1895

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page 256 note a Sermones Dormi securè. De novo anno. Numerous editions of this work were printed at Lyons and elsewhere at the end of the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century.

page 257 note a Rationale, lib. i.7.

page 259 note a Harl. MS. 2278, Brit. Mus.

page 259 note b This engraving has the name of the artist, “Per me Cristofero Bertello,” and the couplet runs thus:

L'huom' di quaranta è Re fra li mortali

Com 'è il leon fra tutti li animali.

page 259 note c Ed. Furnivall, Chaucer Society, Second Series, xiii. 41.

page 261 note a Archaeologia, 1. 138.

page 263 note a Royal MS. 15 B. vi. British Museum.

page 263 note b Harl. MS. 2278, f. 64.

page 264 note a It is to be remarked, however, that the recurrence of the dog, the talbot, in so many examples must have had some meaning.