Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi

Medieval Stained Glass in Great Britain

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Norfolk: Stody, Parish Church of St Andrew

O.S. TG 056351

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Nave

North side

nV.

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nV A1, A8, A3, A4

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nV A5, A6, A7, A2

A1. St Philip stands bearded and nimbed, facing to sinister against a folded screen with seaweed diaper, on a chequered pedestal, with clifflets and plants below. Above the screen is a plain blue background with an estoile in the top foil. He wears a white mantle with yellow-stain hem over a ruby robe, raising his left hand and holding his attribute of a basket of loaves in his right. The diaper has a cross-hatched ground decorated with yellow stain, and the drapery and head have trace-line, matt wash with stipple, and stick-work; there is some back-painting on the mantle. Yellow stain is also used on the estoile, basket, chequered floor, and clifflets, where the design is relieved from a matt wash. Areas patched with medieval fragments to the left of the head and below the robe; estoile has a piece missing; light to moderate external corrosion and some paint loss on the screen.
h 0.66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A2. St Bartholomew stands bearded and nimbed facing to dexter, holding a book in his left hand and a flaying knife (his attribute) in the right. He wears a long blue mantle over a white robe with yellow-stain hem and the background is ruby. Setting (reversed) and technique as A1. Complete except for two pieces of the ruby background and part of the screen top right, which is patched with other seaweed diaper. Some internal white corrosion crust on the blue glass; external corrosion, heavy in places, on much of the glass; yellow stain very worn, especially on the pedestal; a few repair leads.
h 0.66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A3. St Matthias stands bearded and nimbed in a similar pose to that of St Philip, holding a halberd (his attribute) in his right hand. He wears a ruby mantle over a white robe, and the background is blue. Setting and technique as A1. Panel complete, but there is internal corrosion on the blue and white glass; light external pitting on the blue, medium-heavy on the white, and heavy on the ruby, which has lost some of its flashing; cracked head has been stuck edge to edge, but not plated; a few repair leads.
h 0.65m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A4. The Virgin Mary sits bowing to sinister with hands raised in prayer. She is crowned and nimbed, has long hair, and wears a blue mantle over a white robe with yellow-stain hem. This panel forms with A5 a Coronation of the Virgin, and the throne on which she sits is depicted as extending beyond the mullion as part of that on which God the Father sits. On the left the dorsal and fringed seat of the throne have a relieved design of 'MR' monograms and cinquefoils, with a beaded fillet along the top. The front of the throne is pierced by a quatrefoil motif, and below and to the left of the plain pedestal is a glory. The throne is set against a plain ruby ground with a sunburst in the top foil. Yellow stain is also used on the sunburst, crown, glory, and fringe. Trace-line, matt wash, and relieving with back-painting on the mantle. There is possibly a glazier’s sorting mark type 10 on the dorsal. Panel complete, except for one small piece of the ruby ground; some light internal pitting; external pitting is light on the ruby, and heavy on the blue and those parts of the dorsal and robe painted with yellow stain; a few repair leads.
h 0. 66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A5. God the Father sits on a throne with dorsal decorated with 'IHS' monograms. He is nimbed, holds a tripartite orb with cross and pennant with his left hand and wears a blue mantle. There is a blue background with yellow-stain sunburst in the cusp. Technique as A4. Much of the panel is missing and has been replaced by medieval fragments, including large bases from canopy side-shafting beneath the figure, and rays from a glory at the bottom. The head has been replaced by part of a patterned quarry, type ???. A large piece of medieval white glass covers the left side of the body. There is some internal corrosion on the mantle, heavier on the reverse, medium pitting on the background, light on the rest; many repair leads.
h 0.66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A6. St Simon stands bearded and nimbed facing to dexter with his right hand under a fold in his mantle supporting a book and left hand holding a fish. He wears a white mantle with yellow-stain hem over a blue robe, and the background is ruby. Setting (reversed) and technique as A1, except that the beard is coloured with yellow. Panel complete, except for three pieces of modern ruby in the background; pedestal and clifflets disfigured by a vertical strip of black corrosion; light internal corrosion, with medium to heavy external pitting on the blue and white glass; a few repair leads.
h 0.66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A7. St Jude stands bearded and nimbed facing to sinister and holding a boat in the crook of his left arm. He wears a pale olive-green mantle over a white robe with yellow-stain hem, and the background is blue. Setting and technique as A1. An area covering the right arm and shoulder and the left side of the nimbus is patched with medieval fragments, mainly of micro-architecture and a piece of green glass. The top piece of blue ground is new, and the estoile is a modern repaint; bottom tip of the light is also patched; some internal corrosion, light to medium external pitting; several repair leads.
h 0.66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A8. St Thomas stands bearded and nimbed facing to dexter, with left hand raised and holding a long tau cross in his right hand. He wears a white mantle with yellow-stain hem over a pink robe, and the background is ruby. Setting and technique as A1. Panel complete, except for the right side of the robe at the bottom and the bottom tip, which are patched with medieval fragments; some internal corrosion on the pink and white glass; external pitting is medium on the right side of the screen, heavy on the pink, and otherwise light; one or two repair leads.
h 0.66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

B1. Foliage eyelet filling. Trace-line, matt wash, relieving. White glass, with black paint and yellow stain.
h.0.07m, w 0.08m
D. King (2007, digital colour photograph)

B2. As A1.

B3. As A1.

nVI.

A1. An Old Testament king stands crowned and bearded, facing to sinister in profile with right hand raised, against a folded screen with seaweed diaper, on a chequered pedestal, with clifflets and plants below. Above the screen is a plain ruby background with an estoile in the top foil. He wears a blue ermine-hemmed mantle with an ermine tippet decorated with rosette pattern, over a long mantle decorated with the same design. Yellow stain is used on the crown, robe, tippet, estoile, screen, pedestal, and clifflets. The diaper has a cross-hatched ground decorated with yellow stain, and the drapery and head have trace-line, matt wash with stipple, and stick-work; there is some back-painting on the mantle and head. One piece of the ruby ground is new, and one a medieval intrusion; two intruded fragments at the base; the ruby glass has lost some of its flashing; some internal corrosion, and medium to heavy external pitting; a few repair leads.
h 0.665, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A2. An Old Testament patriarch stands bearded facing to dexter with left hand raised, wearing a soft ruby hat and white mantle with yellow-stain hem and pink cape over a blue robe. The background is blue. Setting and technique as A1. Most of the mantle is missing and has been patched with mainly white 15th-c fragments with some yellow stain. One piece of blue top right is new; some internal corrosion; external pitting is medium to heavy on the blue and white drapery and intruded fragments, medium on the ruby, and light on the blue ground.
h 0.66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A3. An Old Testament king stands crowned and bearded facing forwards, with head turned slightly to sinister, with right hand holding the cord that fastens his mantle at the neck and left hand holding an arrow, point downwards. He wears a blue mantle over a white tunic with rosette pattern and segmented belt, both decorated with yellow stain, and ruby hose. The background is of ruby glass. Yellow stain is used on the neck fastening. Setting and technique as A1. The figure is based on a cartoon also used for St Edmund. There are three fragments of intruded medieval glass in the ruby ground, one at the top right corner of the screen, two to the left of the left hand, and one at the bottom right of the mantle. Faced cracked and stuck edge-to-edge; a few repair leads and a strap lead on the mantle; some internal white corrosion; a small area of the ruby hose has lost the flashing.
h 0.665m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A4. An Old Testament patriarch stands bearded in profile facing to dexter with both arms outstretched, wearing a ruby cowl and robe and white mantle with yellow-stain hem. Setting and technique as A1, but with a glazier’s sorting mark, type ??? on the hair. Figure complete; some internal corrosion; medium to heavy external pitting; patches of ruby flashing lost; cracks on the left hand and right of the screen have been stuck edge-to-edge; a few repair leads.
h 0.66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A5. An Old Testament king stands crowned and bearded, facing to sinister, holding a sceptre across his right shoulder in his right hand and pointing to it with his left. He wears an ermine tippet and blue mantle over an ermine-lined robe with yellow-stain rosette pattern; a purse hangs from the belt and he has white hose. Yellow stain is also used on the sceptre and purse. Setting and technique as A1. The top right section of the screen is missing and patched with fragments, and one small piece of the ruby ground is an intrusion; 16 slight internal crusting on the blue and white glass and heavy external pitting on the same; light external pitting on the ruby glass; a few repair leads.
h 0.66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A6. An Old Testament patriarch stands bearded facing to dexter, with right hand tucked inside the fold of his ruby mantle and left hand visible, wearing a soft ruby hat with white rim and a white robe with yellow-stain hem. Setting and technique as A1. One piece of the blue ground on the right is new; a little internal corrosion; light external pitting on the blue glass and medium to heavy on the white and ruby glass; the latter has lost much of its flashing on some areas, notably the left sleeve.
h 0.66m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A7. An Old Testament king stands crowned and bearded, facing to sinister, wearing a blue mantle with ermine tippet over a white robe with yellow-stain rosette pattern, and white hose, with right hand raised and holding a sceptre with yellow-stain decoration in front of him in his left. Setting and technique as A1, with the addition of back-painting on the edge of the pedestal and splashes of yellow stain on the blue mantle. There is a glazier’s sorting mark, on the floor on the right. The top piece of the ruby ground is new; some internal corrosion and heavy external pitting on the ruby glass; head is cracked and stuck edge-to-edge.
h 0.665m, w 0.20m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

A8. An Old Testament patriarch stands bearded and facing to dexter, with left hand pointing to the king in A1. He wears a soft slate-blue hat, white mantle with yellow-stain hem and lining over a ruby robe, and a ruby cape. Blue glass is used for the background. Setting and technique as A1. The panel is complete except for three badly corroded pieces at the bottom; some internal corrosion with light to medium external pitting, including some loss of the ruby flashing; several repair leads, mainly on the right of the screen.
h 0.655m, w 0.195m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

B1. A sunburst, with trace-line. White glass, with black paint and yellow stain.
h 0.07m, w 0.08m
D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

C1. A large sunburst, with trace line, matt wash and relieving, and a plain pot blue background. White and pot-blue glass, with black paint and yellow stain. One repair lead and some corrosion.
h 0.16m, w 0.29m
D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

C2. Fragments of ruby and white painted glass, including two red roses. In the centre, a modern roundel painted with the device of G. King & Son Ltd, the crown in glory, and the date 1984, which marked the completion of the conservation of this window and nVI.
h 0.16m, w 0.29m
D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

E1. A pod eyelet, with trace line, stipple-shading, and relieving. White glass, with black paint and yellow stain.
h 0. 05m, w 0.13m
D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

E2. As E1.

Transept

South transept

sIV.

B1. Fragments, set on modern white stippled glass, include the top half of a figure of St Margaret of Antioch, which formed a pair with St Catherine, now in B4. She stands, crowned, with long hair and nimbed, facing to sinister holding a book in her left hand and a cross-staff in her right, wearing a white mantle over a white robe with yellow-stain quatrefoil pattern. The lower part of the face is missing and patched with a fragment. Below is part of another figure, almost certainly from the series of female saints from this window or nIV. This figure is carrying what appears to be part of a wooden beam or stake and wears a white mantle with yellow-stain hem. 17 At the top of the light are fragments, probably from this window of drapery, foliage, and canopy. Trace-line, matt-wash with stippling and stick-work. Yellow stain appears as indicated, and on the crown, hair, and beam. The medieval glass has both internal and external pitting.
h 0.47m, w 0.14m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

B2. Fragments, set on modern white stippled glass, including the bottom two-thirds of a figure of a female saint wearing a white mantle over a white robe decorated with a yellow-stain slipped trefoil pattern, and holding her long hair in her left hand; the figure is probably that of St Mary Magdalen, and the pose suggests that she faced to sinister. Below the figure is part of a pedestal, with a yellow-stain ears-of-barley pattern, similar to that below the figure of St Catherine in B4, but with the pattern sloping to the left. At the top of the light are one large and two small canopy fragments. Technique as A1.The figure has light external pitting, heavier pitting on the canopy.
h 0.465m, w 0.14m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

B3. Fragments, set on modern white stippled glass, including St Helen standing, holding the upright of a cross in her right hand with her left hand across her breast, wearing a white mantle with beaded yellow-stain hem over a white robe with flared cuffs. Above her is a large fragment of canopy from this window and below on a scroll set against plants in blackletter is 'e/llina'. Technique as A1. The head and feet of the figure are missing. The scroll and saint belong together and are different in style and design from the other figures; this is consistent with the figure having been originally in nIV, as suggested above. The figure has heavy eternal pitting, lesser pitting on the scroll; canopy suffers from severe paint loss, with external pitting.
h 0.46m, w 0.14m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

B4. St Catherine of Alexandria stands facing to dexter carrying a wheel in her right hand and a sword held across her breast in the left. She has long hair and wears a white mantle with plain hem over a white robe with the same yellow-stain quatrefoil pattern as St Margaret in B1. She stands on an ears-of-barley pedestal with beaded front edge and pierced trefoil below. Above is part of a canopy top. Technique as A1, with yellow-stain on canopy, hair, wheel, quatrefoil, and ears-of-barley pattern and front of pedestal. The lower part of the figure has repair leads and an intruded fragment; the head, background, and part of the canopy are missing; medieval glass has moderate external pitting.
h 0.47m, w 0.13m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

C1. Fragments.
h 0.13m, w 0.05m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

C2. Fragments.
h 0.13m, w 0.05m
UEA (1970–75, b&w neg.); G. King & Son Ltd (1983–84, col. trans.); D. King (2007, colour digital photograph)

Footnotes

16.
A section of seaweed pattern screen that was to be seen in sIV B1 before the glass there was rearranged may have come from this panel. Return to context
17.
It is not possible to identify this saint with certainty. As mentioned above, St Helen was recorded in nIV, but this was very probably the figure now in B3 carrying a cross and therefore not this figure, unless two saint of this name were depicted. Return to context

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