Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
s16 . South nave aisle 1
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1912
Number of lights
1
Maker
Clayton & Bell
Main subject
St Boniface : SS Columbanus and Methodius : Boniface felling oak
Donor
“Friends and kinsfolk”
Dedicatee
Dr William Edward Collins, Bishop of Gibraltar,
died 24th March 1911 at Smyrna,
and his wife Mary Brewin Collins,
died 15th July 1909
Notes
Death of Mrs Mary Collins,
Clifton Society July 22, 1909 p 9 .
Death of Dr William Collins,
Royal Cornwall Gazette March 30, 1911 p 5 ,
Cornishman March 30, 1911 p 4 ,
Western Morning News April 5, 1911 p 7
(letter from his father, Mr JH Collins).
TDM 1912 : 68/135.
Maker’s mark (see photo below).
Insertion,
Royal Cornwall Gazette June 20, 1912 p 4 ,
Western Daily Mercury June 25, 1912 p 8 ,
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser June 27, 1912 p 4
(contains description of subjects).
Dedication of two stained windows in the south aisle of the Nave, given by
friends and relatives in memory of the Right Reverend W.E. Collins, D.D., Bishop of Gibraltar, and
Mary, his wife.
Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1913 p 157 (24th June 1912 ). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/15 ) .
One of a pair (with
s17 )
of lancets given by the same donors in memory of the same dedicatees at the same time.
Mason, AJ,
Life of William Edward Collins, Bishop of Gibraltar ,
London, 1912 , Longmans, Green & Co.
TO·THE·GLORY·OF·GOD,·IN·THANKFUL·MEMORY·OF·WILLIAM·EDWARD·COLLINS,·FIFTH·BISHOP·OF
GIBRALTAR,·AND·MARY·HIS·WIFE,·THESE·WINDOWS·WERE·ERECTED·BY·FRIENDS·AND·KINSFOLK·A:D:1912 .
s16 .
Joint dedication with s17 .
s16 2 upper .
St Boniface (675 –754 )
is portrayed wearing a monastic habit. In his right hand he has a
pastoral staff created by a pole with a cross lashed to it, whilst his left hand holds an open book
in which is written
Fides edita [sancti] Ambrosii [episcopi] De spiritu sancto , which is from
the Ragyndrudis codex
(Codex Bonifatianus II ), one of three
manuscripts said to have been in the possession of St Boniface
and which, according to legend, he used to ward off the axes and swords of the Frisians who killed him.
The book is pierced by a sword, symbolising his martyrdom.
COLUMBAN·BONIFACE·METHODIUS
s16 2 lower .
The figure seated to the left represents St Columbanus
(c 543 –615 )
with a Celtic tonsure,
wearing a monastic habit, cloak and sandals. He holds a crook in his right hand.
The figure seated to the right represents St Methodius
(815 –85 ),
wearing the episcopal vestments of the Eastern
orthodox church including the Eastern mitre or crown, with a heavy gold pectoral cross around his neck.
His right hand is held up in the Greek Orthodox style of blessing.
In his left hand he holds a book, the title of which is written in Old (pre-Revolutionary) Russian,
rendered in modern Russian as
Божественная Служба (Divine Service).
We thank Deacon Pavel Kviatkevic for the identification and translation.
BONIFACE·CUTTING·DOWN·THE·OAK
s16 1 .
Boniface cutting down the oak raised to Wotan, sacred to the pagans, at Geismar in Lower Hessia.
s16 .
The joint inscription with
s17 , at the bottom of the windows.
s16 .
The mark of the makers, Clayton and Bell, at the bottom right-hand corner of the window (just above the beginning of the word ‘MEMORY’
in the inscription). This and the adjacent window
s17
are the only Clayton and Bell windows in the Cathedral known to contain a maker’s mark.