Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
SMs3. St Mary’s aisle 2
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 2
- Maker
- Warrington, William
- Main subject
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a. b. - Tracery subject
- Angel holding shield with IHS monogram
- Donor
- The Revd William Woodis Harvey, Rector of St Mary’s.
- Dedicatee
- Sarah Harvey, first wife of donor, died .
- Notes
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- Marriage of William Woodis Harvey to Miss Sarah Morgan of Penzance, .
- Death of dedicatee, .
- Maker, insertion, donor, dedicatee .
- Marriage of Revd William Woodis Harvey to Miss Frances Cox of Penn Cottage, near Beaconsfield, on , .
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Two very large East Windows of stained glass [Chancel east and South aisle east] have been put in, with a mortuary window [SMs3] in the aisle; and three other windows of stained glass [two of which are probably SMs4, and SMs5] are in preparation.
- The Ecclesiologist,
No , June 1849, p 401.
Within the last few years five windows of stained glass have been inserted.
- The Ecclesiologist,
No April 1851, p 156.
During the last few years, eight windows of painted glass by Mr. Warrington, have been put up in this church, at three several times.
These were1845 Chancel east, South aisle east. 1846 SMs3, 1847 SMs4, SMs5. 1850 SMs2, SMs6, SMs7. - Polsue () conflates
SMs2,
SMs3 and
SMs4 and their inscriptions,
and thus refers to
SMs5
as the
second window
in the south wall. He also gives the date in the inscription of SMs3 as (1842) instead of (1845). - Reinserted by Fouracre and Watson in the same location, which had become St Mary’s Aisle of Truro Cathedral. Minutes of Truro Cathedral Executive Committee, , .
In·Memoriam·Saræ·Harvey (In memory of Sarah Harvey, )
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Tracery. An angel holding a shield on which is the IHS monogram.
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Upper part of the window. Scrolls on a background of acanthus.
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Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen ()
a. The Resurrection. The angel announces that Christ has risen from the tomb. Below are the frightened soldiers who were guarding the tomb.
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and … while he blessed them, he was parted from them ()
b. The Ascension. Christ ascends to heaven, watched in amazement by the Blessed Virgin Mary and some of the disciples.
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Montage of the inscription that runs across the bottom of both lights, stretched horizontally for legibility.