this gallery is painted red. On either side of the Saviour are two executioners in the act of scourging. He on our Lord's left has a green scarf round his head, and is clothed in a red tunic reaching to the knees. He has tight green hose and buff boots with long pointed toes. The other man wears a red cap and a short blue tunic with invected border, below which his white linen drawers are visible his legs are bare through his hose having slipped down round his ankles. The figure of the Saviour is bare save for a pale purple loin-cloth, and as the left foot is raised off the ground, he at first sight seems to be hanging from the pillar. There can, however, be no doubt that the right foot is supposed to be on the ground on the same plane as the feet of the other figures. The sacred Body is shewn as flecked here and there with blood. Behind the righthand scourger stands a richly-dressed elderly man, probably Pilate. He is clothed in a tightly-fitting red tunic, with an invected border and powdered with gold flowers, with sleeves extending to the knuckles, drawn in at the waist, and with a rich gold belt round the hips. On his legs are light brown hose, and on his feet pointed shoes of black leather, with a lozengy pattern on them. On his head he has a pale purple coif, and over that a green hat jewelled and turned up with white; it apparently was surmounted by a plume. This person, whoever he be, is not only superintending the scourging, but with his left hand he clutches our Lord's hair. As Mr. Waller has pointed out, the beautiful patient expression of resigned suffering on the face of the Christ is in marked contrast to the brutal features of the scourger on his right, who is actually dancing in his fury. The second panel, representing Christ bearing His Cross, (Plate III.) is not quite so well preserved as the painting He wears plate gauntlets, of the Scourging, the face of our Lord and the upper part of the picture being partly destroyed. The group of figures is shewn as issuing from the double portal of the gate of Jerusalem. The ill-drawn figure of Christ is nude, with the exception of a pale purple loin cloth, and he bears the cross on his right shoulder, and supports the transverse beam. Preceding our Lord, and leading him by a cord passed round his waist, is a sergeant-at-arms. He wears a pink quilted gambeson, red hose, and black shoes with a lozengy diaper on them. On his head is a pointed red cap encircled by a twisted band of linen. and in his left hand he carries a mace with a flanged head and broad button at the lower end. By his right side hangs an anelace, suspended by a narrow strap passing over his left shoulder. Behind our Lord appear three mounted officials. The nearest one to the spectator is on a grey horse with green saddle and trappings, and wears a tight blue tunic with gold hip belt, red hose, which also cover the feet, and a purple conical cap with a red plume on top. The next man is mounted on a roan horse, and is clothed in a hood and cape of red, with a chapel-de-fer covered with velvet or cloth of the same brilliant colour. Of the third man only the face and green cap are visible. The third and central panel, with the Crucifixion (Plate IV.) is more defective than the others in appearance, owing to the upper part of the crucified Saviour having been painted on the missing board, otherwise it is in fair condition. The loin cloth, as in the other pictures, is of a pale purple. On either side of the cross is a group of figures. That on the dexter side of it represents the beloved apostle St. John, supporting the grief-stricken Virgin mother. St. John wears a long cloth of gold under-garment, interwoven. with bands of imitation |