Excerpt from A List of Buildings in Great Britain and Ireland Having Mural and Other Painted Decorations, of Dates Prior to the Latter Part of the Sixteenth Century: With Historical Introduction and Alphabetical Index of Subjects

The present list, though still doubtless imperfect, will, it is hoped, ' furnish the most complete record of the art of mural painting, and the decoration of our churches and other buildings in the Middle Ages, which has yet been published. Almost all the recorded examples are included in this new edition, nearly every work on British topo graphy brought out during the present century having been carefully consulted. With a few exceptions, the references to the sources whence the information has been obtained are given, and it may be here stated, that where the account in the list differs from that in the authority cited, the former may be taken as correct, the variation of the account being obtained in consequence of personal inspection or thoroughly reliable information. AS far as possible, all the more important examples have been visited by the Compiler of the present edition, and all doubts as to identification of saints, subjects, &c. In the majority of instances cleared up by personal examina tion, or an application to those most likely to be well informed an the subject.

To the present edition has been appended an alphabetical index of the saints, subjects, 850. Portrayed, as well as of screens, roofs, monuments, 850. Still or till recently retaining traces of their original colouring; and this will, it is hoped, prove an assistance to the student in any particular branch of this subject, and will serve to illustrate thevarying popularity of the several subjects and saints during the period comprehended by the list.

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