As the one is taken from the vine, the other suggests the corn ; the
second element of the sacrament being doubtless represented to
escape monotony, as we observe under similar circumstances at
Sens. The three Bedfordshire doors are much alike and of
inferior interest, but the treatment of the Tunstall door is quite
unique, and seems to have no parallel in France. It consists
of two narrow plain strap-hinges destitute of ornament, while the
entire space between them is occupied by a most elaborate cruci-
form handle-plate, of delicate branching scrolls ending in the
usual leaves and rosettes.^ The most important specimen of all,
however, of which there is a reproduction in the Museum, and
the one by which we are enabled to approximately date the rest,
and to attribute them with certainty to an English smith, is the
Eleanor grille or herse in Westminster Abbey. The records show
that this was made by Thomas of Leghtone, in 1294, at a cost
of ;£^i3, a sum equalling ;^i8o of our money. It consists of
eleven panels resembling hingework, riveted to the face of
a plain rectangular frame, to which the arching or herse form
was given, and surmounted by a row of trident spikes, used
perhaps, as suggested by Mr. J. J. Cole, as prickets. Though
none of the panels are exactly alike, the easy flow of the vine
pattern is apparent in nine, while the stiffer growth of the corn
is conspicuous in two, notwithstanding that the vine-leaf stamp
is used to finish them off. These two panels are further empha-
sised by the particularly small tridents which surmount them.
