Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
s15 . Baptistry vestibule 3
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1889
Number of lights
1
Maker
Clayton & Bell
Main subject
3 .
Noah
2 .
John the Baptist reproaches Herod Antipas and Herodias
1 .
The beheading of John the Baptist
Donor
Walter Deeble Boger of Wolsdon, Antony, Torpoint,
eldest son of Deeble Boger,
husband of dedicatee
Dedicatee
Amelia Harriet Boger,
youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Holmes Bosworth of Westerham, Kent,
died 29th June 1887 aged 47
Notes
Marriage of Walter Deeble Boger and Amelia Harriet Bosworth,
15th August 1863 ,
at Westerham, Kent.
Royal Cornwall Gazette August 21, 1863 p 8 .
Death of dedicatee,
Morning Post July 4, 1887 p 1 ,
Western Morning News July 4, 1887 p 1 ,
Royal Cornwall Gazette July 8, 1887 p 5 ,
Kent and Sussex Courier July 15, 1887 p 3 .
Intention to donate,
Royal Cornwall Gazette October 18, 1888 p 5 .
Donor, dedicatee, subject, insertion,
Royal Cornwall Gazette January 9, 1890 p 7 .
The three windows of the Baptistry vestibule, the other two being
s13
and
s14
,
were all given at the same time by the same donor in memory of the same dedicatee.
The Baptistry vestibule has since been re-ordered as the Chapel of SS Samson and Boniface.
TO · THE · GLORY · OF · GOD · AND · IN · LOVING · MEMORY · OF AMELIA · HARRIET · WIFE · OF ·
· WALTER · DEEBLE · BOGER · OF WOLSDON · WHO · DIED · THE
29TH · OF · JUNE · 1887 · AGED · 47
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Amelia Harriet wife of Walter Deeble Boger of Wolsdon who died the 29th of June 1887 aged 47
NOE
(Noah)
3 .
Noah, with a dove on his left hand and holding a model of the Ark in his right hand.
NON · LICET · TIBI · HABERE · EAM
Non licet tibi habere eam
(It is not lawful for thee to have her)
(Matthew 14:4 )
2 .
John the Baptist reproaches Herod Antipas, with Herodias standing behind them.
MISITQUE · ET · DECOLLAVIT · JOANNEM
Misitque et decollavit Johannem
(And he sent, and beheaded John [in the prison])
(Matthew 14:10 )
1 .
The kneeling figure of John the Baptist is beheaded in prison.
The executioner stands behind him wielding the sword.
The inscription, running across the bases of
s13 ,
s14
and
s15 .
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