Yelverton, St Paul
Chancel east
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 5
- Maker
- Osborne & Phillips
- Main subject
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- St Nicholas
- St Paul
- Christ in Majesty
- St Christopher
- St George
- Tracery subject
- IHS monogram, angels, Alpha, Omega
- Subject type
- Figurative historical
- Donor
- People of Yelverton
- Notes
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- Donors, insertion, maker (
the window was produced entirely in the studios of a Plymouth firm
), . - Image of window (from Cornish Churches).
- Donors, insertion, maker (
To the Glory of God and in Thanksgiving for the Preservation of our Church and Loved Ones during the second great war –
- St Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors, dressed as the bishop of Myra, holding a ship in his left hand and a crozier in his right hand. Above him is the emblem of St Nicholas (ermine a chief quarterly or and gules, ) and below him three children in a barrel, symbolising the legend that he brought back to life three children who had been murdered and pickled in a barrel by a butcher.
- St Paul, the patronal saint of the church. In his left hand he holds a book, a reference to the Epistles that bear his name, and in his right hand he holds a sword, the instrument of his martyrdom. The swords appear also in the emblem of St Paul (gules two swords in saltire argent hilts and pommels or, , as in Diocese of London) above him, and below him is a depiction probably of Christ, symbolising St Paul’s apostolic work.
- Christ in Majesty. Above him are two angels holding a scroll on which is written
Holy holy holy Lord God Almighty
(). Below him is a kneeling angel holding a shield bearing the ☧ christogram. - St Christopher, the patron saint of airmen. On his left shoulder he carries the Infant Jesus, and in his right hand a staff. Above him is the emblem of St Christopher, a lamp which he used to light his way over the dangerous river while carrying Jesus. Below him is a depiction of an aeroplane (see below).
- St George, the patron saint of soldiers. He wears armour and a helmet. With his left hand he holds a shield bearing his cross, and in his right hand he holds a spear. Above him is his emblem, a red cross, and below him a dragon, a reference to his defeat of the dragon.
Detail from the bottom of the fourth light. The aeroplane is probably a bomber, judging by the bomb doors beneath the fuselage and the smoke billowing up from below the plane. The single engine and rear-facing gun in the rear of the cockpit suggest it may be a Fairey Battle.