In  the  MSS.  we  have  illustrations  to  Bede,  ch.  xxi.,  repre-
senting Cuthbert  speaking  of  his  temptations  to  many  who
came  to  him.  In  Oxf.  he  is  looking  out  at  the  window  of
his  cell  and  conversing  with  a  group  of  laymen  in  tunics.
In  Lawson  he  stands  at  his  door  talking  to  laymen  in  long


3^      ON   THE   ST.    CUTHBERT   WINDOW   IN   YORK   MINSTER.
robes,  standing  on  the  grassy  shore  of  the  blue  sea,  in  which
part  of  their  boat  is  seen.
[60.  -^LFLEDE  Questioning  Cuthbert?

When  Cuthbert  had  arrived  at  Coquet,  the  most  reverend
-filflede  questioned  him  on  many  points,  e,  g.,  how  long  her
brother  Ecgfrid  would  reign,  who  would  be  his  successor,
etc.  She  also  sounded  hira  as  to  whether  he  was  willing  to
be  a  bishop,  knowing  that  her  brother  Ecgfrid  wished  to
have  him  consecrated  to  that  oflSce.  Bede,  xxiv. ;  Vit,  Anon.
iii.  28.
This  may  possibly  have  been  the  subject  of  one  of  the
lost  panels.  J

Torre,  78  (22).  "  In  2^  light  sitts  a  bp.  habited  B.  &  A.,  my  ter  k  crosyer
0.,  gloiy  A.,  before  whom  stands  a  nun  habited  A.,  cap  B.  ;  behind  him
another  nun,  habit  and  hood  A.''

Oxf,  MS.  Cuthbert  looking  out  at  the  window  of  his  cell,  over  the
closed  semi-circular-headed  door.  To  the  right  he  is  sitting  on  a  long
seat  with  Norman  details,  conversing  with  ^Elflede,  both  in  monastic
habit,  and  he  with  a  crosier  in  his  left  hand.
