Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
SMs8 b. St Mary’s aisle 7 right
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
- Nicholson, AK
- Main subject
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2b. Medieval-style female figure at top above St John the Evangelist with eagle. 1b. Crowned female figure with boy playing lyre (possibly Medieval Annunciation?) - Tracery subject
- Medieval fragments
- Dedicatee
- John Harold and Elizabeth Llewellyn
- Notes
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- Medieval fragments reinserted in tracery by Fouracre and Watson in what had become St Mary’s Aisle of Truro Cathedral. Minutes of Truro Cathedral Executive Committee, , .
- states right-hand light still plain.
- BSMGP Directory states AK Nicholson insertion.
- Left-hand light was inserted in (over fifty years earlier).
- The centre light of Flempton, , contains the figure of St John and, at his feet, an eagle holding an inkpot in its beak. The Flempton window is known to be by GER Smith, working at the AK Nicholson studio, which suggests that this window may be by the same artist.
In·memory·of·John·Harold·Llewellyn·of·Truro·and formerly·of·Neath·South·Wales·Died·. And·of·his·wife·Elizabeth·Ann (Nan) Died·.
SMs8. The left-hand light (SMs8 a) was inserted in , over fifty years before the right-hand light (SMs8 b).
I John saw these things and heard them ().
SMs8 2b. St John the Evangelist, holding a book and quill pen and, at his feet, his emblem of an eagle. The eagle is holding a container, probably a pot of ink, in its beak.
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SMs8 1b. A medieval scene of a kneeling female with a crown being serenaded by a youthful figure playing a lyre; possibly a representation of the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary.