St Mellion, St Mellanus
s6. South transept south
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
- Clayton & Bell
- Main subject
- Christ on empty tomb with SS Peter and John and Three Marys.
- Tracery subject
- Alpha and Omega symbols.
- Donor
- Miss Coryton (sister, probably Charlotte).
- Dedicatee
- Jemima Coryton (died aged 47?) and Elizabeth Coryton (died aged 35).
- Notes
-
- Maker, donor, subjects, insertion, , .
- .
- .
- .
s6. IN·MEMORY·OF·JEMIMA·CORYTON WHO·DIED··AGED
IN·MEMORY·OF·ELIZABETH·CORYTON WHO·DIED··AGED·
The Resurrection. , gives the age of Jemima Coryton on the inscription as (47); see below.
s6 tracery. Alpha and Omega symbols.
s6. The left-hand light shows the three holy women bringing spices to anoint Christ’s body, the central light shows Christ, with stigmata on His hands and feet, standing on the empty tomb and the right-hand light shows SS Peter and John.
s6 inscriptions.
The upper inscription is at the bottom of s6 a and
the lower one at the bottom of s6 c. The right-hand
end of the s6 a inscription is misaligned with the
rest of it and is written in a different font (compare the letter Y in
CORYTON
with the one in MEMORY
, for example).
,
quoting the inscription,
gives Jemima Coryton’s age as (47, implying she was born in
or )
whereas the age shown in the inscription is (62, implying she was born in
or ,
which is not consistent with her
mother
being born in ).
It seems likely, therefore, that the right-hand end of the s6 a
inscription has been repaired with an incorrect value for Jemima Coryton’s age at her death.