_In this position it would, if substantially built, most readily serve the useful purpose of contributing support to the central tower and to the walls near the crossing, adding stability to the transept if affected by the weakness of the tower, and furnishing support for flying buttresses to the north-west angle of the crossing and tower itself._ _There would be little object in carrying it out further north than would be requisite to cover one bay of the transept wall. This would make it a possible 22 feet in internal measure. There would be normally a double square on plan, and if fan-vaulted this would give two bays, and two windows to the west and one to the north--three in all._ C.--AS TO THE ITALIAN STYLE OF THE CHAPEL. SCRIPT December 4, 1916. "=Abbot Bere ybuilded ye Loretto Chapel faire and large, to the north (side of the) Navis.... Yt was ybuilded by Bere most faire and wonderful in ye newe style brought from Ytaly when he didd go there....=" "=We have said, he was of the Ytalian style, new and very faire, and Bere ybuilded coming from embassadrie in Ytaly.... He wasne like anything else, (but was of the) newe style.=" _Here followed the detailed sketches showing--_ 1. =A rectangular chapel of four bays, with a small apse to the east, as a "Cava Virginis."= 2. =Parapets of undulating outline, and others suggestive of the fleur-de-lys, with indications of fruit and flower enrichment.= 3. =Sitting lions, bearing shields, over each division of the bays, mounted on small pillars with "patellae" or plaques, dividing the parapets.= 4. =Heads of angels or cherubs, probably in the cornices.= 5. =Round-headed windows, and vaults with bands of carved fruit and flowers on the groin-ribs.= August 16, 1917. "=Maestro Francesco de Padua qui me instruxit et capellam cognoscit in Italia ... struebat in modo Italiano.= "=Francesco de Padua aedificavit. Two would speak of it--he who made it, and I who moved for my fannes and English. We both made him.=" (_Name of the model for this work_)-- "=Capella di Marco at Padua--hym by the Key.=" "=Domenic di Vallera Castiglione aedificavit anno 1497--via St Ursula.=" (_Name of Bere's architect_)-- "=Vecchi--Francesco De Vecchi.=" "=VECCHI di Torcello in Italia.=" EXISTING DATA (_a_) The Chapel was built just after Bere's embassage to Italy. He was a cultivated and learned man with a knowledge of architecture, as is evident from the quality of his building works. He must have been supported by capable, if not eminent, master-builders and craftsmen.