St Neot, St Anietus
South aisle 1
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- 16th century
- Number of lights
- 4
- Maker
- Not known
- Main subject
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2a. 2b. 2c. 2d. 1a. Donor’s family at prayer 1b. Donor and wife at prayer 1c. Five sons of donor at prayer 1d. Six daughters of donor at prayer - Tracery subject
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B1. A1. IHϲ symbol within Crown of Thorns A2. Passion flower - Donor
- Martyn family
- Notes
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- The first light (Blessed Virgin Mary) was originally the third light of .
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- (No , the Martyn window), on which some of the descriptions below are based.
- RICJ 2000 : 33.
- Mattingly J, Swift MG, Pre-Dissolution stained glass in Cornwall—a gazetteer, St Neot, (originally published in Vidimus Vol 31, ).
- Mattingly J. The Warning to Sabbath Breakers from St Neot Church, Vidimus Vol 36, .
- Image of window
Orate pro animabus Martyn et filiorum suorum qui istam fenestram fieri fecerunt. (Pray for the souls of Martyn and his sons who had this window made).
Tracery: B1. Arms. Grylls describes these as the arms of Martyn, (argent, a chevron gules between three martins proper), but these have not been found in either Burke or the Heralds’ Visitations, under either Martin or Martyn. A1. IHϲ symbol within Crown of Thorns. A2. Passion flower
Main panels: St Mary, Crucified Christ, St John, St Stephen.
Predellas: Donor figures.
Photograph CVMA inventory no 005003.
Photograph copyright © English Heritage (formerly the National Monuments Record).
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2a. St Mary, originally in s8
2b. Crucified Christ (head replaced).
2c. St John the Evangelist.
2d. St Stephen.
2a. Blessed Virgin Mary with infant Jesus, originally in s8
2b. Crucified Christ (head replaced). At the base of the cross are a skull and shoulder bone, as emblems of mortality.
2c. St John the Evangelist.
2d. St Stephen.
Mater Dei miserere nostrum (Mother of God have mercy upon us).
1a. Kneeling figures, probably members of the Martyn family, the donors of the window. The original scene has been lost. Grylls gives the inscription as Mater Dei, esto propitia (Mother of God, be propitious).
Jesu Fili Dei miserere nostrum (Jesus Son of God have mercy upon us)
1b. Man and wife, probably the donor Martyn and his wife, kneeling before an altar towards west.
Sancte Johannes ora pro nobis (St John pray for us)
1c. Five sons of the donor kneeling towards east.
Sancte Stephane ora pro nobis (St Stephen pray for us)
1d. Six daughters of the donor with rosary beads kneeling towards east.
Jesu fili Dei miserere nostrum (Jesus son of God have mercy upon us).
1b. Man and wife, probably the donor Martyn and his wife, kneeling before an altar towards west.