Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
S4. Southeast quire transept
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- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 4
- Maker
- Clayton & Bell
- Main subject
- Adoration of the Magi and scenes from the life of Christ.
4a. 4d. 3. 2a. 2b. 2c. 2d. 1a. 1b. 1c. 1d. - 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
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- Marriage of Francis Wyatt Truscott and Eliza Freeman,
- Death of dedicatee, , , .
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Residentiary Chapter Minute Book
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Sketch of Truscott window approved with slight modification.
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Residentiary Chapter Minute Book
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Arrange insertion of Truscott memorial in SE Choir by Clayton and Bell either before or after .
- Donor, maker, insertion, description of subjects, , .
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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.
This window was erected ,
by Eliza, Lady Truscott,
to the Glory of God,
and in memory of her beloved husband,
Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott, Knt.
Born at Truro, ,
who, as Lord Mayor of London, assisted at the laying
of the Foundation Stone of this Cathedral Church
by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales,(Inscription on a plaque below the window)
Tracery rosette.
The central panel
contains the sacred monogram IHS surrounded by four cherubim. The seven outer panels each show a cherub, two of whom hold
scrolls on which is written Et vocabunt nomen ejus Emmanuel
(And they shall call his name Emmanuel)
(,
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The other five cherubs play, clockwise from the top, a psaltery (the cherub is holding a plectrum in its right hand),
a viol, an unidentified stringed instrument (perhaps another psaltery; this cherub also has a plectrum in its right hand),
cymbals and a trumpet.
4a, 4d. Two angels in each panel hold a scroll on which is written Gloria in altissimis Deo et in terra pax (Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace [, good will toward men]) ()
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). ()
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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Accepit puer(um) et matr(em) ejus (nocte) et secess(it) in Ægypt(um) (He took the young child and his mother [by night] and departed into Egypt) ()
2a. The Flight to Egypt.
(In)venerunt illum in templo sedent(em) in med(io) doct(orum) (They found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors) ()
1a. Christ addresses the Doctors in the temple.
Venit Nazareth(um) et erat subdit(us) illis (He came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them) ()
2b. Christ with Mary and Joseph in the carpenter’s shop.
Venit Jesus a Galil(æa) in Jordan(en) ad Joan(nem) ut baptiz(aretur ab eo) (Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him) ()
1b. The baptism of Christ
Jesus ductus est in desert(um) ut tentar(etur) a diab(olo) ([Then] was Jesus led up [of the Spirit] into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil) ()
2c. The Temptation in the desert. The scroll beside Jesus reads Non in solo pane vivit homo (Man shall not live by bread alone) ()
Dic(it) eis Jesus havrite nunc et fert(e) architric(li)no (And Jesus saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast) ()
1c. The wedding at Cana. The first miracle: turning water into wine.
Docebat eos dic(ens) beati pauperes sp(iri)tu ([He] taught them, saying, blessed are the poor in spirit) ()
2d. The first Beatitude, from the Sermon on the Mount.
Transfig(uratus) est ante eos et resplend(uit) facies ei(us) sic(ut) sol ([He] was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun) ()
1d. The Transfiguration. In the foreground are the disciples Peter, John and James. Above them are, on the left, Moses, carrying the tablets on which were written the Ten Commandments and, on the right, Elijah, holding a banner on which is written Exaudi me Domine (Hear me, O Lord) ()
Plaque in the South Quire Aisle below the window, on the side of the stairwell leading down into the crypt.
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