Little Petherick, St Petroc Minor
North aisle east
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 3
- Maker
- Horwood Bros of Frome
- Main subject
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2a. 2b. 2c. Healing a blind man? 1a. 1b. 1c. - Tracery subject
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A1. Perfect ashlar—Masonic symbol A2. Seal of Solomon - Dedicatee
- The Revd Sir Hugh Henry Molesworth, died aged 43.
- Designs
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- Horwood raising the son of the widow of Nain (2a. Raising the son of the widow of Nain)
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- Not known. Northwood, Isle of Wight, St John the Baptist, South aisle 1. a. Raising the son of the widow of Nain.
- . Kington Magna, All Saints, North aisle 1. a. Raising the son of the widow of Nain.
- Horwood Raising Jairus’ daughter / Healing Peter’s mother-in-law (2b. Healing the mother of Peter’s wife)
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- Not known. Northwood, Isle of Wight, St John the Baptist, South aisle 1. b. Raising Jairus’ daughter.
- . Kington Magna, All Saints, North aisle 1. b. Raising Jairus’ daughter.
- Notes
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- Death of dedicatee .
- Insertion date and maker from . Does not mention dedicatee.
- Dedicatee from
(described as
east window
). - The design for the raising of the son of the widow of Nain is the same as at Kington Magna, Dorset, the Resurrection Window in the south aisle of St John the Baptist, Northwood, Isle of Wight and St Alban, Muswellbrook, Australia, (the Revd Canon Jeff Hopewell, private communication).
- The design for giving sight to the blind was used at St Alban, Muswellbrook, Australia (Jesus and two other figures re-used for a healing miracle at Brinklow, Warwickshire) (the Revd Canon Jeff Hopewell, private communication).
- The design for the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law was used at St Alban, Muswellbrook, Australia. (the Revd Canon Jeff Hopewell, private communication).
- The design for the healing of the cripple by the pool was used at St Alban, Muswellbrook, Australia (St Alban, Muswellbrook, Australia was consecrated in but some of the windows must have been ordered by (the Revd Canon Jeff Hopewell, private communication).
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- Addition of small triangular sexfoil, architect , above existing three-light window to let in more light .
- Severe paint loss to faces.
The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works that they ought to be had in remembrance (BCP version of , Confitebor tibi (I will give thanks))
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2a. Raising the son of the widow of Nain (). Christ stands behind the bier on which the resurrected son is sitting up, while the widow kneels in front of the bier.
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2b. Healing the mother of Peter’s wife.
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2c.
Probably restoring the sight of a blind man.
describes this scene as Giving speech to the dumb
, but the
stick or cane suggests lack of sight rather than speech.
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1a. Healing of the man possessed by demons at Gerasa (Gadara). The demons left the man and entered a herd of pigs—the Gadarine swine.
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1b. Healing of a man born blind. With his right hand, Christ touches the man’s eyes with an ‘ointment’ made of dust and spittle.
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1c.
Probably healing a cripple by the pool at Bethesda.
describes this scene as Healing the cripple at the Pool of Siloam
, but the
only occurrence of Siloam in connection with healing is in
,
which describes the healing of a blind man who is sent to Siloam to wash his eyes after Christ has
anointed them. The latter is probably the scene depicted in 1b.
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