The south transept is probably of the same period as the north transept. [Illustration: FIG. 1034.--St John the Baptist’s, Perth. View from the south.] A view of the church dated 1775, given in the _Chronicle of Perth_,[71] and of which Fig. 1034 is a copy, shows the south side of the whole church, and the transept is drawn very much as it still remains. Another view of the south transept, made in 1765, and published in the papers referring to the Blackfriars’ Monastery (where it is by mistake called the “north” front), shows the south transept nearly the same as the above. A curious row of corbels is partly seen in the interior, projecting through the plaster along the top of the east wall of this transept. They were probably meant for supporting the upright pieces of timber which secured the feet of the rafters. The two eastern bays of the main arcade of the choir are more elaborately moulded than the others, and round the eastmost pillar on the south side there is finely cut the following inscription (Fig. 1035), which is carved on a band running round the shafts of the pier, as shown in Fig. 1036:-- [Illustration: FIG. 1035.--St. John the Baptist’s, Perth. Inscription on East Pillar of Choir. Iohan̄es: fullar: et: uxor: ejus: mariota: foullar.] It will be observed that the husband and wife mentioned in the inscription have the same name, with a slightly different spelling. The two shields [Illustration: FIG. 1036.--St. John the Baptist’s, Perth. Inscription on East Pillar of Choir.] contain the same charges--viz., a key with a mullet--while on one are also carved the last letters of the lady’s first name. It has been recently pointed out by the Rev. John Ferguson, of Aberdalgie,[72] Perthshire, that John Fullar was one of the bailies of Perth, and that his name occurs as a witness in more than one of the charters belonging to the Charter House, Perth, of the year 1441. His identity is placed beyond doubt by the fact that the charges on the seal attached to the charter are the same as those on the two shields on the pillar, viz., a key in pale and a spur in fess. Mr Ferguson further states:--“We know from the _Registrum de Dunfermline_ that an arrangement was made between the monastery and the magistrates of Perth, by which the latter received [Illustration: FIG. 1037.--St. John the Baptist’s, Perth. Piscina in Choir.]