Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
n25. North nave aisle 4
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
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2 upper. 2 lower. , 1. Bernard preaching at Vézelay, - Donor
- Kenneth Haweis James of 10 Orme Court, London, metal broker, son of dedicatee, died aged 79
- Dedicatee
- Henry Charles James of 10 Austin Friars, London EC, died aged 78
- Notes
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- Offer of windows in memory of parents by donor, .
- . Letters from Kenneth James and .
- Insertion of n22 in memory of donor’s grandparents and offer of windows in memory of father and mother on completion of nave .
- Insertion of this window (and n24, in memory of donor’s mother), , .
- Pedigree of the donor and dedicatee of the window:
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To the glory of God and in loving memory of Henry Charles youngest son of Walter and Ursula James formerly of this city born in Lemon Street died in London
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2 upper. St Bernard of Clairvaux is shown bearded and barefooted, wearing a Cistercian habit. His right hand holds a crozier whilst his left holds up his book de Consideratione (Book of Considerations), in which he advocated that reform of the church should start with the sanctity of the Pope.
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FRANCIS · BERNARD · DOMINIC
2 lower. On the left, St Francis of Assisi is portrayed bearded and barefooted, wearing a habit of his order girdled at the waist. His right hand holds a cross, whilst his left hand, showing clearly his stigmatum, supports a bird. Five other birds are also featured, a reference to the tradition of St Francis preaching to the birds.
On the right, St Dominic is shown clean-shaven, wearing a habit of his order. In his left hand he holds a spray of lilies and in his right hand a rosary. A star is placed above his head in the centre of his nimbus.
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· BERNARD · PREACHING · THE · CRUSADE ·
1. Bernard preaching at Vézelay on . He is featured on a wooden podium, his left hand holding a pastoral staff and his right raised in declamation. Beside him is the moustached, crowned figure of Louis wearing a cloak covered in crosses. In front of the platform are four male figures, one in chain mail and tabard bearing the cross.
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The inscription at the base of the window.
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