6 vo).

At the top of the picture a priest with two acolytes prepares the sacrament; behind them stands the abbess, holding her staff and a book, and accompanied by her chaplain and the sacristan, who rings the bell; behind them is a group of four nuns, including the cellaress with her keys, and nuns are seen at the windows of the dorter above.

At the bottom is a procession of priest, acolytes and nuns in the choir; notice the big candles carried by the young nuns (perhaps novices) in front, and the notation of the music books.
PLATE V._The Menagier's wife has a garden party_ This beautiful scene is taken from a fifteenth-century manuscript of the _Roman de la Rose_ (Harl.MS.

4425), which is one of the greatest treasures of the British Museum.
PLATE VI.

_The Menagier's wife cooks his supper with the aid of his book_ From MS.