“The nave, as far as the piers of the central tower, consists of ten bays, divided by octangular piers, with clustered shafts in groups of three. The capitals are enriched with Early English foliage, much of which is of unusually classical character,--one of the many indications of a lingering local school, with its Norman traditions. Birds, animals and monsters of various forms--among which is the bird with a man’s face, said to feed on human flesh--twine and perch among the foliage. Above the pier arches runs the triforium, very deeply set, and extending backward over the whole of the side aisles. The roof retains its original position. (The whole arrangement should be compared with the Norman triforia of Norwich and Ely, both of which extend over the side-aisles; but their exterior walls have been raised and Perpendicular windows inserted). The narrow lancet openings toward the nave are arranged in groups of three, with thick wall-plates between them. The head with each lancet is filled with a solid tympanum, displaying foliage and grotesques, of which those toward the upper end of the south side are especially curious. At the angles of the lancets are bosses of foliage and human heads, full of character. In the upper spaces between each arch are medallions with leafage. Triple shafts, with enriched capitals, form the vaulting-shafts, the corbels supporting which deserve examination. A clerestory window (the tracery is Perpendicular, and was inserted by Bishop Beckington (1443-1464)) opens between each bay of the vaulting, which is groined, with moulded ribs and bosses of foliage at the intersections.”--(R. J. K.) In the clerestory of the sixth bay on the south side there is a =Music Gallery=, early Perpendicular, the front of which consists of three panels with large quartrefoils containing shields. It is very fine, but not equal to the Minstrels’ Gallery in Exeter. It is finished with an embattled cornice. The aisles of the Nave are of the same architectural character as the Nave itself. Among the striking capitals are: Fifth shaft. Peasants carrying sheep, with a dog. Ninth shaft. Man in a rough coat carrying foliage on his back. Tenth shaft. Mason carrying a hod of mortar and a mallet; opposite side of arch: Peasant in hood with staff and opposite this two heads, evidently with toothache. The greater part of the glass of the =West Window= was collected by Bishop Creyghton in 1660-1670, excellent Sixteenth Century representations of the history of _John the Baptist_. Possibly Creyghton added the figures of _King Ina_ and _Bishop Ralph_ in the other lights, for the southern one also bears his arms. The top and bottom of the middle light are said to have come from Rouen in 1813. Now we will examine the =transepts=.