Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
n5. North quire aisle north 3
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. Peter and Paul teaching Clement as a young man - Donor
- Miss Mary Anne Harriet Wise, sister of dedicatee.
- Dedicatee
- The Revd Canon Richard Farquhar Wise, rector of Ladock –, died .
- Notes
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- Obituary of dedicatee (includes family history) .
- Death of dedicatee, .
- Insertion, donor, dedicatee, subjects, .
- p 198.
Stained glass Window in memory of Canon Wise fixed in the Cathedral.
.- Miss Wise also gave a window at Ladock, , in memory of her brother.
- Pair with n6.
DEI · GLORIAM · ET · IN · PIAM · MEMORIAM · FRATRIS · CARISSIMI · RICARDI · FARQUHAR · WISE · A: M: HUIUS · ECCL:
CANONICI · HANC · FENESTRAM · DEDICAVIT · SOROR · UNICA · MARIA · ANNA · HARRIETTA · WISE ·
(To the glory of God and in loving memory of her dearest brother Richard Farquhar Wise, MA, Canon of this Church, his only sister Mary Anne Harriet Wise gave this window )
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2 upper. St Clement of Rome stands clean shaven and vested in the robes of a Bishop of the early Church, including a jewelled morse, gloves, chasuble and cope, and wearing the early form of the papal tiara before it became the Triple Crown. His left hand rests on an anchor, the attribute of his martyrdom.
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S: IGNATIUS ✢ S: CLEMENT ✢ S: POLYCARP
2 lower. Seated on the left is St Ignatius of Antioch. He is shown bearded and vested as a bishop including a pallium but without a mitre The lion at his feet alludes to his martyrdom in the Arena in Rome in about .
Seated on the right is St Polycarp. He is shown bearded and vested as Bishop of Smyrna, including a pallium but without a mitre. In his hand he holds an urn with a burning faggot, a reference to his martyrdom at the age of 86 in about –.
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CLEMENTEM · DOCENT · PETRUS · ET · PAULUS · APOSTOLI (the Apostles Peter and Paul teach Clement)
1. Clement is shown as a clean-shaven young man being taught by a seated Peter who has an open book on his knee. Paul stands behind Peter, whilst in foreground below the seat are two closed books.
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The inscription, which runs across the bottom of n6 and this window.
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