Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
n7. North quire aisle north 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
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2 upper. 2 lower. , 1. Beheading of St Cyprian - Donors
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- Robert Harvey, DL, of Dundridge, Harberton, Devon, former member of choir of parish church of St Mary, Truro, former High Sheriff of Devon, son of dedicatee
- Dedicatee’s other
surviving children
- Dedicatee
- Emma Harvey, wife of Samuel Harvey (dedicatee of n8), died aged 71.
- Notes
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- Chapter minutes .
- Insertion, maker, subjects, donor, dedicatee (Emma Harvey only), , (mentions memorial brass to be placed on wall below window), , , .
Window in the Cathedral, in memory of Mrs. Emma Harvey, given by Mr. Robert Harvey, D.L., dedicated by the Bishop,
.- Window probably originally had one-line dedication to Emma Harvey, running across the bottom of both n7 and n8, which was then replaced by the present separate two-line dedications at the bottom of each window when Samuel Harvey died.
- Pair with n8. Memorial brass below and midway between these two windows.
- Pedigree of the donor and dedicatees of the window:
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✢ TO · THE · GLORY · OF · GOD · AND · IN · LOVING · MEMORY
OF · EMMA · HARVEY · DIED · · AGED · 71
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2 upper. St Cyprian is shown clean shaven and vested as Bishop of Carthage, in episcopal robes of crimson, white and purple. In his left hand he holds his crozier, and his right hand is raised in blessing.
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S: PERPETUA ✢ S: CYPRIAN ✢ S: LAURENCE
2 lower. On the left is St Perpetua, dressed in tunic, supertunic and a veil, looking at her baby, with whom she was imprisoned, on her left arm.
On the right is St Lawrence, clean shaven, tonsured and vested as Archdeacon of Rome, wearing a dalmatic of blue and gold. In his right hand he holds the Book of the Gospels, and his left hand supports a gridiron, the instrument of his martyrdom.
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CYPRIANUS · MARTYRIZATUR (Cyprian is martryed)
1. The nimbed saint kneels blindfolded by his own hand and wearing a long, white, girdled tunic, waiting for the sword to fall. A Roman soldier holding the sword stands behind him. In the background are a number of onlookers and soldiers, including a youth up a tree. The scene is described in Edward Benson’s book Cyprian: his life, his times, his work, p 504. New York, , D Appleton and Company.
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The inscription at the bottom of the window.
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☩ To the Glory of God and in loving Memory of
| Samuel Harvey, drowned off Maio | 9 | September, | , | aged | 20 | ||
| Richard John Harvey, | died | 9 | February, | , | 〃 | 17 | |
| Elizabeth Smith Harvey, | 〃 | 22 | August, | , | 〃 | 19 | |
| Honor Harvey, | died | 10 | September, | , | 〃 | 19 | |
| Thomas Harvey, | 〃 | in Chili, | 9 | February, | , | 〃 | 29 |
| George Harvey, | 〃 | in Chili, | 22 | August, | , | 〃 | 24 |
| Charles Harvey, | 〃 | in New York, | 20 | June, | , | 〃 | 27 |
All children of Samuel and Emma Harvey
to whom the above window is dedicated by their surviving children.
The plaque midway between n7 and n8 .
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