Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
s20. South nave aisle 5
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 1
- Maker
- Clayton & Bell
- Main subject
- Thomas à Kempis : Girolamo Savonarola and John Hus : Thomas à Kempis reading in the field.
- Donor
- Leonard Ferris
- Dedicatee
- Thomas Ferris of Truro, uncle of donor.
- Notes
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- One of a pair (with s21) of lancets given by the same donor at the same time.
- Insertion imminent (gives location as north aisle).
- TDK 1911 : 169.
THIS·WINDOW·WAS·ERECTED·IN·MEMORY·OF·THOMAS·FERRIS·OF TRURO·BY·DIRECTION·OF·LEONARD·FERRIS·HIS·NEPHEW·
s20 2 upper. Thomas à Kempis, in a monk’s habit. His left hand and crook of the arm hold a copy of his book De Imitatione Christi (The Imitation of Christ).
SAVONAROLA. THOMAS·A·KEMPIS. JOHN·HUS
s20 2 lower. The figure seated on the left is Girolamo Savonarola, wearing a Dominican habit. His right knee supports an open book which is held by both hands. On the right is John Huss (Jan Hus) depicted wearing a robe and hooded cape, with a rolled scroll in his left hand.
THOMAS·A·KEMPIS·MEDITATING·IN·THE·FIELD
s20 1. Thomas à Kempis meditating near the monastery of Sint Agnietenberg (Mount St Agnes, shown at the top right) near Zwolle in the Netherlands.