Adoration of the Magi and scenes from the life of Christ.
4a.
Angel holding scroll
4d.
Angel holding scroll
3.
Adoration of the Magi
2a.
Flight into Egypt
2b.
Joseph with Jesus and Mary in his carpenter’s workshop
2c.
Christ tempted by Satan
2d.
Christ’s Sermon on the Mount
1a.
Christ found by his parents with the doctors in the temple
1b.
Baptism of Christ in the river Jordan
1c.
Wedding at Cana
1d.
Transfiguration: Moses and Elijah appear on either side of Christ
Donor
Dame Elizabeth Truscott,
youngest daughter of James Freeman of Turnham Green, London,
wife of dedicatee
Dedicatee
Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott,
Lord Mayor of London,
died
Notes
Marriage of Francis Wyatt Truscott and Eliza Freeman,
St James’s Chronicle p 4
Death of dedicatee,
St James’s Gazette p 13,
London Evening Standard p 2,
Royal Cornwall Gazette p 4.
TCM/1134
Residentiary Chapter Minute Book
–,
,
Sketch of Truscott window approved with slight modification.
TCM/1134
Residentiary Chapter Minute Book
–,
,
Arrange insertion of Truscott memorial in SE Choir by Clayton and Bell
either before or after
.
Donor, maker, insertion, description of subjects,
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser p 10,
Western Morning News p 5.
Truro Diocesan Kalendar p 162 (). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/9, D/E/4/5),
Dedication … of the stained Window erected on the
S.E. Choir Transept, in memory of Sir Francis Truscott, Lord Mayor of London,
, by his widow, Dame Eliza Truscott.
Ecce magi ab oriente vener(un)t Ieros(oly)mam
dicentes ubi est qui natus est rex Judæorum. Vidimus enim stellam ejus
in oriente. Et venimus adorave [sic] eum.(Behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him).
(Matthew 2:1–2)
3.
The Adoration of the Magi.
3a.
Melchior brings a gift of frankincense.
3b.
The Blessed Virgin Mary and infant Jesus.
Behind them stands an angel holding a staff and at their feet
are a crown, belonging to Caspar, and a richly decorated vessel,
Balthazar’s gift of myrrh.
3c.
Caspar, on the left, brings a gift of gold.
On the right is Balthazar, who brings myrrh.
Behind them stands Joseph, holding a lily.
3d.
The archangel Gabriel, the angel of the Annunciation,
holding a wheel and a lily.
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