Bodmin, St Petroc
e1. 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
- Clayton & Bell
- Main subject
- Te Deum
2a. Peter and John the Evangelist 2b. Angels, including the archangel Gabriel 2c. 2d. Angels, including the archangel Raphael 2e. The apostles James the Great and Jude 1a. The prophet Moses 1b. The apostle Andrew and the Blessed Virgin Mary 1c. 1d. John the Baptist, Paul 1e. Bishop, cardinal. - Tracery subject
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B1. B2. B3. A1. Two angels playing musical instruments A2. Two angels playing musical instruments - Donor
- Friends and family
- Dedicatee
- Col Walter Raleigh Gilbert, CB, Chief Constable of Cornwall, died aged 83
- Notes
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- Bazaar in aid of new east window
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At present the beauty of the chancel is decidedly marred by the unsubdued light from the present window.
- Death of dedicatee, , ,
- Maker, donors, dedicatee, subject, unveiled , , , , .
- Dedicatee, .
- Church included in C&B list c.1910.
- Image of window.
- Bazaar in aid of new east window
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To the honoured memory of Colonel Walter Raleigh Gilbert, C.B., born , died . By his friends who love and revere him
In the centre is Christ in Majesty surrounded by angels, archangels and cherubs and, in the words of the Te Deum, the glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the Prophets, the noble army of Martyrs and the holy Church throughout all the world.
Contemporary reports of the insertion (note 2) give the inscription as above, whereas the
inscription now begins Given in memory of …
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The current words are in a different font, and in glass of a different colour,
(see base of 1a, below) so may
result from a repair.
Tracery. At the top is the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) with angels in adoration on either side. Below them are two pairs of angels playing musical instruments (psaltery, dulcimer and woodwind, viol).
| 2a. | The apostles John the Evangelist (holding chalice) and Peter (holding keys) at the front. At the back is a female figure holding a martyr’s palm frond. |
| 2b. | Angels, with the archangel Gabriel, holding a lily, at the front. |
| 2c. | Christ as Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World), holding an orb. |
| 2d. | Angels, with the archangel Raphael, holding a fish, at the front. |
| 2e. | The apostles James the Greater (holding a pilgrim’s staff) and Jude (holding a carpenter’s set square) near the front. |
2a. The apostles John the Evangelist (holding chalice) and Peter (holding keys) at the front. At the back is a female figure holding a martyr’s palm frond.
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2e. The apostles James the Greater (holding a pilgrim’s staff) and Jude (holding a carpenter’s set square) near the front.
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| 1a. | At the front is the prophet Moses, holding the tablets. Towards the back a female figure holds a martyr’s palm frond. |
| 1b. | The apostle Andrew (holding the cross) and the Blessed Virgin Mary at the front. At the back a female figure holds a martyr’s palm frond. |
| 1c. | The archangel Michael, in armour and holding a shield and sword. |
| 1d. | John the Baptist (holding a staff with an Ecce Agnus Dei banner) and the apostle Paul (holding a sword) at the front |
| 1e. | At the front are, on the left, a bishop and, to the right, a cardinal in scarlet garments. |
1a. At the front is the prophet Moses, holding the tablets. Towards the back a female figure holds a martyr’s palm frond.
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1b. The apostle Andrew (holding the cross) and the Blessed Virgin Mary at the front. At the back a female figure holds a martyr’s palm frond.
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1d. John the Baptist (holding a staff with an Ecce Agnus Dei banner) and the apostle Paul (holding a sword) at the front.
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1e. At the front are, on the left, a bishop and, to the right, a cardinal in scarlet garments.
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