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IV. INTERPRETATIONS.
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| 30. | Virgin Annunciate. |
| 31. | Virgin Visitant. |
| 32. | St. Elizabeth. |
| 33. | Virgin in Presentation. |
| 34. | St. Simeon. |
On the right hand, reading outward,
| 35, | 36, 37, The three Kings. |
| 38. | Herod. |
| 39. | Solomon. |
| 40. | The Queen of Sheba. |
51. I am not sure of rightly interpreting the introduction of these two last statues: but I believe the idea of the designer was that virtually the Queen Mary visited Herod when she sent, or had sent for her, the Magi to tell him of her presence at Bethlehem: and the contrast between Solomon's reception of the Queen of Sheba, and Herod's driving out the Madonna into Egypt, is dwelt on throughout this side of the porch, with their several consequences to the two Kings and to the world.
The quatrefoils underneath the great statues run as follows:
| 29. | Under Gabriel— | |
| a. | Daniel seeing the stone cut out without hands. | |
| b. | Moses and the burning bush. | |
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