We have already remarked on the similarity of much of the work at Melrose to that of York Minster, and there occurs in one of the bosses of the latter a representation of the coronation of the Blessed Virgin (Fig. 797), in which the figures are almost identical in every respect with those in the east gable of Melrose choir. The attitude is precisely the same in both. At York, the Saviour is represented as having a beard and long flowing hair. He is crowned, and holds up the right hand in benediction, while in the left hand he supports the globe. The Virgin holds her hands palm to palm, in the attitude of adoration, while an angel places the crown on her head, and on the other side an angel throws the censer. Another similar example from Dore Abbey is shown in Fig. 798.[141] The figures at Melrose are somewhat wasted by exposure, but a comparison of the above sketches with that of the east gable (Fig. 774) will show that, while there is no ground for the assumption that the latter represents James IV. and Queen Margaret, there is every reason to believe that it personifies the more appropriate subject of the coronation of the Blessed Virgin. In the series of niches on each side there still remain kneeling figures of adoring angels, which, while most appropriate to the latter subject, would be quite out of place in the former. [Illustration: FIG. 798.--Boss from Dore Abbey.] Mr Chalmers gives some interesting details and observations regarding the chapels in the east aisle of the transept. He points out that these were probably dedicated to the saints whose statues stand, or stood, on the west side of the transept, opposite each chapel. Thus, in the north transept, the chapels would be those of St. Peter and St. Paul, whose statues still survive in the west wall; while those in the south transept would be dedicated to St. Andrew and St. John. Mr. Chalmers suggests that the statue of St. Andrew (see Fig. 769), which previously stood opposite his chapel in the south transept, was removed and placed in a niche in one of the south buttresses, the pedestal being heightened to receive it, as the statue was too short for the niche. The south chapel of the transept he believed to be that of St. John. John Morow’s tablet is opposite this chapel, and his prayer to “Sweet St. John” is, therefore, most appropriate. Mr. Chalmers points out that the chapels at the east end of Glasgow Cathedral are dedicated to the same saints and in the above order. [Illustration: Melrose Abbey.] LINCLUDEN COLLEGE, KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. This small, but valuable, example of Scottish decorated architecture is pleasantly situated on a quiet level holm at the junction of the water of Cluden with the river Nith, about one mile north from Dumfries. Although the surviving portions of the church are fragmentary, they exhibit many beautiful details of the Scottish decorated style.