Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi

Medieval Stained Glass in Great Britain

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Norfolk: Bawdeswell, Parish Church of All Saints

O.S. TG 046209

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3b. Roundel: Samson and Delilah. The bearded Samson lies sleeping in the foreground with his head in Delilah’s lap. She is about to cut off a lock of his hair with shears in her left hand; with her right hand she beckons to some soldiers in the background marching with spears and shields. 1 The scene takes place in a rocky landscape with trees and plants, and in the background is a castle and a village. In the foreground is the jawbone of an ass, with which Solomon slew a thousand men. 2 Trace-line, matt wash, relieving. White glass, with yellow stain. c.1535 – c.1545. Flemish. Two repair leads.
d 0.28m
G. King & Son (col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 010868); DK (2008)

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3b. Roundel: the Crucifixion. Modern copy presumably of a German engraving. At the base is a crudely relieved monogram ' TS ' (or ' ST ') and the date 1503.
d 0.29m
G. King & Son (col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 010868); DK (2008).

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3b. Roundel: Jesus expelling the money-changers from the temple. Modern copy.
d 0.28m
G. King & Son (col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 010868); DK (2008)

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3b. Roundel: the Last Supper. Jesus sits with St John the Evangelist on his breast. He has a large nimbus, is bearded, and wears a brown mantle, holding out a host to Judas on the right in front of the table, who rises to receive it. 3 An Apostle seated front left pours out a drink from a jug. At the back on the right one Apostle carries a flagon on his shoulder while another quaffs from a bowl. The remaining Apostles sit around the rectangular table. In the background are a marble pillar, two windows, and a candelabra with two burning candles. 4 Trace-line, matt wash, relieving. White glass, with yellow stain and sanguine. c.1525 – c.1535. German. A little paint loss, many repair leads and cracks.
d 0.29m
G. King & Son (col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 010868); DK (2008)

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3b. Rectangle: the Crucifixion. The crucified Jesus is in the centre between the two thieves; the soldier pierces his side with a spear. St Mary Magdalene kneels at the foot of the cross with her back to the viewer and with arms outstretched while St John supports the swooning Virgin Mary on the left. In the background are soldiers, some on horseback. An unusual and dynamic composition. Trace-line, matt wash, relieving. White glass, with yellow stain. c.1540 – c.1550. Excellent condition. 5
h 0.24m, w 0.205m
G. King & Son (col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 010868); DK (2008)

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3b. Roundel the Ascension. A grassy knoll in the centre reveals Jesus’s footprints; above, his feet and the bottom of his garments are visible as he disappears into cloud. The bald St Peter kneels on the left with the Virgin Mary standing behind him and St John behind her. Other Apostles stand behind. One kneels on the right and the rest stand behind. On the far right is a tree. 6 Trace-line, matt wash, relieving. White glass, with yellow stain. c.1525 – c.1535. German. Several repair leads, a little paint loss.
d 0.27m
G. King & Son (col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 010868); DK (2008)

Footnotes

1.
In Judges XVI, 18 she calls for the lords of the Philistines, and in XVI, 19 she calls for a man to shave Samson’s hair. Return to context
2.
Judges XV, 15. Return to context
3.
The roundel depicts the moment described in John XIII, 26. After St John, lying on Jesus’s breast, had asked Jesus (at St Peter’s request) who would betray him, Jesus said: ‘He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.’ Return to context
4.
The candelabra with two lighted candles here also appears in Dürer’s 1511 Small Passion woodcut of Jesus washing Peter’s feet, and the Apostle on the left pouring a drink from a ewer with a lid is also seen in Dürer’s 1510 woodcut of the Last Supper. Return to context
5.
Above and below is a memorial inscription: ‘Richard Quintin Gurney Churchwarden 1969-1980. Quintin Edward Gurney Churchwarden 1912-1968’. Return to context
6.
This panel is based very closely on Dürer’s 1511 Little Passion Ascension, with the addition of figures (to left and right) and the tree to fill the circular format. Return to context

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