Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
s17 . South nave aisle 2
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
Charles the Great : Kings Olaf and Alfred : Coronation of Charles the Great
Donor
“Friends and kinsfolk”
Dedicatee
Dr William Edward Collins, Bishop of Gibraltar,
died 24th March 1911
at sea near Smyrna,
and his wife Mary Brewin Collins, daughter of Mr WJ Sterland,
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
s16 )
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 .
s17 .
Joint dedication with s16 .
s17 2 upper .
Charlemagne, wearing a surcoat and cloak, and crowned with a circlet.
His right hand rests upon the hilt of his unsheathed sword; his left hand holds a crowned orb and his blue sword
sheath hangs at his left side.
OLAF·CHARLEMAGNE·ALFRED
s17 2 lower .
The figure seated to the left represents Olaf
(c 995 –1030 ),
King of Norway from 1016 to 1029 and the
patron saint of Norway. Olaf is shown crowned, wearing chain mail and a cloak. His left hand holds an upright sword with its tip placed in the ground,
while his right holds a shield bearing a crucifix.
The figure seated to the right represents King Alfred
(846 –99 ), shown crowned and clothed in tunic and cloak.
His right arm supports a sceptre, symbolising kingship, while his left supports a model of a Viking long-ship, symbolising his enemy.
THE·CORONATION·OF·CHARLEMAGNE
s17 1 .
The coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Day 800 as the first Holy Roman Emperor,
by Pope Leo III
in the Basilica of St Peter in Rome. The face of the bishop in the centre, holding the orb on a cushion, may be a
likeness of the dedicatee, Bishop William Collins.
s17 .
The joint inscription with
s16 , at the bottom of the windows.
s17 .
The mark of the makers, Clayton and Bell, at the bottom right-hand corner of the window (just above the beginning of the word ‘BISHOP’
in the inscription). This and the adjacent window
s16
are the only Clayton and Bell windows in the Cathedral known to contain a maker’s mark.