Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
n21. North transept 1 (St George’s Chapel)
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. , St George slays the dragon - Donor
- Mrs Emily Grylls, of Penlee, Truro, sister of dedicatees, died
- Dedicatees
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- Joseph Roberts, solicitor, of Southleigh, Lemon Street, Truro, died
- Mary Penelope Roberts of Helston, died
- Notes
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- DD/716/69/5 Diaries of Canon Mason.
- Donor, insertion, .
- The daughter of Glynn and Emily Grylls was Emily Glynn Grylls, who was the dedicatee of the stall of St Endelienta in the Cathedral.
TO · THE · GLORY · OF · GOD · AND · IN · LOVING · MEMORY · OF · JOSEPH · ROBERTS · OF · SOUTHLEIGH · TRURO · WHO · ENTERED · INTO · REST
· AND · OF · HIS · SISTER · MARY · PENELOPE · ROBERTS · OF · HELSTON · WHO · ENTERED · INTO · REST · ·
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2 upper. St George is clad in armour and helmet. His left arm supports a shield bearing his cross and his right hand holds a cross that carries a pennant which is also embellished with the saint’s emblem.
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S: JOSEPH ARIMATHAEA ☩ S: GEORGE ☩ S: AUGUSTINE · CANTERBURY
2 lower. On the left is a bearded St Joseph of Arimathaea wearing Biblical/Roman costume, with the Holy Grail in his right hand.
On the right is St Augustine of Canterbury. He is vested in Archiepiscopal robes including mitre and gloves, and a pallium sent by Pope Gregory. His right hand supports a square panel depicting the Crucifixion, whilst his left holds a pastoral staff in the shape of a cross.
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S: GEORGE · SLAYING · THE · DRAGON
The saint is in armour and chain mail on a white horse, and is about to plunge a lance into the dragon.
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The inscription at the base of the window, below two seraphim.
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