Kenwyn, Epiphany House Chapel
East
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1914
Number of lights
3
Maker
Powell, James of Whitefriars
Main subject
Christ as the Intercessor between heaven and earth:
Censing angel
Blessed Virgin Mary
Two angels and four cherubim in heaven
Christ
Communion chalice and fruits of the earth
Harp-playing angel
St John the Evangelist
Tracery subject
Two angels holding a scroll
Donor
Helpers and friends
Dedicatee
Charles William Stubbs,
Bishop of Truro 1906 –12 ,
died 4th May 1912
Notes
Death of dedicatee,
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser May 6, 1912 p 2
Maker
Royal Cornwall Gazette 12th February 1914 p 5 (not in BNA).
Window not yet inserted.
Designed by Ernest Penwarden,
Powell Archive
3491/326 .
In the masonry around the top of the window is written
ΠΑΝΤΟΤΕ
ΖΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ
ΕΝΤΥΓΧΑΝΕΙΝ ΥΠΕΡ
ΗΜΩΝ
(He ever liveth to make intercession for us)
which is adapted from
Hebrews 7:25
(He ever liveth to make intercession for them).
A.M.D.G. · ET · IN · P.M. · CAROLI · WILLELMI · STVBBS · TRVRONENSIS · EPISCOPI
QVARTI · HANC · FENESTRAM · PONENDAM · CVRAVERVNT · ADIVTORES · ET · AMICI · MDCCCCXIV
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam et in piam memoriam Caroli Willelmi Stubbs Truronensis Episcopi quarti
hanc fenestram ponendam curaverunt adiutores et amici MDCCCCXIV
(For the greater glory of God and in loving memory of Charles William Stubbs, fourth bishop of Truro,
helpers and friends have had this window erected in 1914 )
Whole window.
Angels in heaven holding a banner
on which is written
Angelus faciei eius salvavit eos
(The angel of his presence saved them)
(Isaiah 63:9 ).
Left-hand angel with thurible
Christ, as the Intercessor between heaven and earth.
He stands on a rainbow in front of a cross, crowned and blessing.
On His alb are, from top to bottom, a cross with serpent, the sun, the Temptation in Eden and a seraph.
Right-hand angel with harp
Lower left. The Blessed Virgin Mary holding a lily.
Lower right. St John the Evangelist holding
a book in which is written part of his first Epistle:
Advocatum habemus apud Patrem Jesum Christum justum
(We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous)
(Ⅰ John 2:1 ).
Lower centre. Communion chalice decorated with
Agnus Dei
surrounded by fruits of the earth (grapes, vine leaves, wheat).