sIV.
2a.
Crowned and nimbed abbess standing in a
canopied niche against a plain ruby background, facing to sinister,
holding a book in her right hand and a crozier in her left, wearing
a blue habit edged with a yellow-stain pattern and lined with
ermine, with white wimple. There is an ears-of-barley pedestal and
ruby glass at the bottom of the panel, which may have been cut down.
Trace-line, stipple shading, matt wash, relieving. White, pot-blue
and flashed-ruby glass, with yellow stain. c.1440 – c.1450. The ruby
glass is probably modern, and a small piece of the right side shaft
has been replaced. Medium external corrosion, but heavy on the blue
glass, which is opaque in places; moderate paint loss.
h 0.53m, w 0.205m
NMR BH062_06 (1976, col. trans., CVMA inv. no.016147
(pre-restoration)); DK (2008)
2b.
Crowned and nimbed female saint standing in
a canopied niche against a plain blue background, facing to sinister
with her right hand raised and pointing, wearing a ruby mantle with
yellow-stain hem over a white robe decorated with yellow florets.
There is an ears-of-barley pedestal and blue glass at the bottom,
which may have been cut down. Technique as 2a. c.1440 – c.1450. Part
of drapery and side shaft on right lost and patched with medieval
fragments; top piece of canopy is an intrusion. Medium external
corrosion, heavier on the blue, with some paint loss on the canopy.
h 0.49m, w 0.204m
NMR BH 062_05 (1976, col. trans., CVMA inv. no. 016146
(pre-restoration)); DK (2008)
2c.
Nimbed and crowned abbess, but facing to
dexter, from reversed cartoon for figure in 2a, and carrying a
larger book. Technique as 2a. c.1440 – c.1450. Heavy corrosion,
especially on the face; severe paint loss on canopy.
h 0.485m, w 0.205m
DK (2008)
C1.
Quatrefoil leaf ornament, set on modern
white glass. Trace-line, matt wash, relieving. White glass. 15th-c.
Some paint loss.
h 0.18m, w 0.16m
DK (2008)
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