This reprint gives a lengthy narrative describing the medieval wall paintings in the church of St. Mary, Battle. The scenes are primarily of the life of St. Margaret. They are executed in secco, using mainly early colors plus lime white and lamp black, with touches of green and blue. They are painted directly onto a lime plaster with a lime putty ground, the vehicle being clear lime water, and the medium size, perhaps bound with casein. They had been covered with lime wash at the Reformation and had remained obscured until the nineteenth century. They were roughly and not completely covered, and a good deal of touching up, over painting, and outlining was done. They were then given some kind of surface fixative which was difficult to remove. In some cases, the background was stained and blotchy, and a new tone lime casein wash ground was applied in many places to show up the remains of paintings. No touching up of the actual paintings was done. The surrounding walls were treated with a toning line wash.