Heamoor, St Thomas
e1. Chancel east
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture
- Date of insertion
- Number of lights
- 3
- Maker
- Not known
- Main subject
- Crucifixion
- Tracery subject
- Instruments of the passion:
A1. , A2. , A3. , , A4. Unidentified object - Donor
- The Revd Michael Nowell Peters, vicar of Madron.
- Notes
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- Mayer in style.
- Originally inserted in Madron North aisle west (1847).
- Insertion, donor, subject .
believed to be the workmanship of one of the ancient masters.
The sixth painted window in Madron church at the time of insertion. - Letter refers to Crucifixion window at west end of north aisle
donated by vicar ,
representing the Crucifixion, painted by Hans Holbein.
- , which reproduces The Gentleman’s Magazine May 1862 p 529.
- .
- Still present at Madron .
Some of the work in this window is believed to have been by Holbien [sic].
- Moved to Heamoor Chancel east probably at the restoration of Madron.
- Mission church at Heamoor opened and dedicated .
At the eastern and western ends of the Church are stained glass windows, which at one time formed part of the fabric of the mother Church of the parish
. Implies they may not have been moved in directly from Madron to the new church at Heamoor.
The Crucifixion.
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a. In the foreground is the Blessed Virgin Mary, dressed in blue, supported by John the Evangelist, dressed in red. In the background are two of the Holy Women; the figure in green on the left has the words Maria Iacobi … on her nimbus, and the figure on the right has Maria Salome … on her nimbus.
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b. On the left, in red, is Mary Magdalene. In front of the cross is an angel, with red wings. There appears to be a figure in blue kneeling at the foot of the cross and, in the background, a figure wielding a knife or dagger holds his victim by the hair.
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c. Joseph of Arimathaea, in red, points to the cross. In front of him is a younger man, probably Nicodemus. In the background “Stephaton” holds the sponge soaked in vinegar, and the Roman soldier Longinus, holds a lance.
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