St Ives, St Ia the Virgin
Lady Chapel west
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
Listed in the Imperial War Museum’s Register of War Memorials, reference 50867.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 3
- Maker
- Powell, James of Whitefriars
- Main subject
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2a. Breastplate of righteousness 2b. Helmet of salvation 2c. Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace 1a. 1b. 1c. - Tracery subject
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A1. Sword of the Spirit A2. Belt: “Loins girt about with truth”? - Donor
- Robert Snaith Hichens Trust
- Dedicatee
- Duke of Cornwall RA Volunteers and Territorials from St Ives
- Design
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- St Alban (a. St Alban, facing to his right)
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- . Brendon, St Brendan, South aisle 1. a. St Alban, facing to his left.
- Notes
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- Insertion, maker, donor, dedicatee, subjects, .
- Maker (designed by Read) from
Powell Archive
3095/139
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Put on the whole armour of God ()
To the Glory of God and to the memory of those members of No 13 Company Duke of Cornwall’s R.G.A. Volunteers and of No 5 Company Duke of Cornwall’s R.G.A. Territorials who have departed hence, this window was erected from the income of funds invested by the representatives of Robert Snaith Hichens first Commanding Officer of the 11th Battery Duke of Cornwall’s Artillery Volunteers formed to whose memory and to the memory of whose comrades the adjoining tablet was placed
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Tracery and the heads of the main lights.
| A1. | Sword of the spirit |
| A2. | “Loins girt about with truth”? |
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Upper main lights.
| a. | The breastplate of righteousness, with A (for Alban) monograms and sword and foliage motifs in the diapering. |
| b. | The helmet of salvation, with bunches of grapes, vine leaves and a rose in the diapering. |
| c. | Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, with M (for Martin) monograms and fleurs-de-lys motifs in the diapering. |
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S. Alban
a. St Alban, the first British martyr, holds in his left hand a sword and, in his right, a cross. The sword may be an allusion to the Sword of the Spirit in A1 in the tracery above.
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S. George
b.
St George, holding in his left hand a shield, on which is a
depiction of the Crucifixion and, in his right hand, a
spear or lance with which he is slaying the dragon beneath him.
Around his waist is a belt which may allude to the
loins girt about with truth
in
A2 in the tracery above.
On either side of his head are G (for George) monograms.
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S. Martin
c. St Martin of Tours, holding in his left hand his cloak which he is cutting in two with his sword.
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Lower main lights. The diapering contains the same monograms and motifs as in the upper part of each light.
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Plaque below the window.
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