sII.
1a.
St Christopher carrying the Christ Child
crossing a river, carrying a staff and carrying on his left shoulder
the nimbed Christ Child with orb, who blesses with his right hand.
Christopher wears a white soft hat, mantle and robe, the latter
decorated with a leaf pattern. The Christ Child wears a white tunic
with an overall rosette pattern. Trace-line, fine hatching, matt
washes. White glass, with yellow stain. Bottom third of figure new
and figures set against modern background of naturalistic leaf
grisalle within border of Rs and crowns. Top left a modern
inscription on a scroll: 'St
Christopher'. Slight exterior corrosion and a little
paint loss. c.1450–75.
h 0.66m, w 0.4m
NMR Carrick Collection (1980, col. trans., CVMA inv. nos.
005200, 005201); NMR BH053_12 (1976, col. trans., CVMA inv. no.
015736); NMR BH544_23 (1976, col. trans., CVMA inv. no.
015805)
2a.
St Remigius, nimbed, in blue glass, mitred
and wearing a pot-yellow chasuble over a ruby dalmatic and white alb
with pot-green apparel, stands on the left facing to sinister, his
right hand raised in front of his breast, He looks down at a
kneeling female donor figure on the right,
facing to dexter, dressed in a nun’s pot-blue habit with veil and
wimple. Over their heads is a relieved inscription in lombardic
script '+S(ANCTUS)
REMIGI(US)
'. Trace-line with half-tone
washes. The figures stand on grassy ground, against a background of
naturalistic running vine-leaf grisaille, with a border of crowned
Rs, all modern. The pastoral staff formerly held in the saint’s left
hand by his side (described by Martin) is gone, and the right side
of the nimbus has been patched with old glass. Bishop’s feet are
part of modern ground.
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Pot-metal and ruby glass suffer
from moderate exterior corrosion, white glass less affected. 1288 –
c.1300.
h 0.64m, w 0.40m
G. King & Son (col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 011139);
DK (1970–75, b&w print, CVMA inv. no. 009845); NMR BH053_11
(1976, col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 015735); NMR BH544_23 (1976, col.
trans., CVMA inv. no. 015805); NMR Carrick Collection (1980, col.
trans., CVMA inv. no. 005200)
sIII.
1a. Standing figure of a male saint, St
?Nicomedes, facing to dexter in a canopied niche, on
chequered pedestal, against a seaweed diaper, holding a long spiked
club. Only the piece with the head and the top of the club are
medieval. The young man’s nimbed head has a collar suggesting
clerical dress. Trace-line, stipple-shading. White glass, with
yellow stain. c.1450–60.
h 0.11m, w 0.13m (head).
DK (1970–75, b&w prints, CVMA inv. nos. 009846,
009847); NMR BH053_13 (1976, col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 015737); NMR
BH0544_24 (1976, col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 015806); NMR Carrick
Collection (1980, col. trans., CVMA inv. nos. 005202,
005203)
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