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Medieval Stained Glass in Great Britain

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Norfolk: Taverham, Parish Church of St Mary

O.S. TG 161138

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nIV 1a, 1b

1a. A male donor figure kneeling before an L-shaped altar tomb on a patterned floor with pierced quatrefoil frieze at top and bottom, facing to sinister with hands raised in prayer and wearing a murrey tunic with white fur cuffs. Above his head is a scroll with blackletter text which now reads 'O D(omi)ne tua passio'. In the borders to left and right are crowned 'MR' monograms, white and yellow sunbursts, white roses, and pieces of flashed ruby, pot blue and pot purple. There is a patterned quarry background. Trace-line, matt wash, stippling, stick-work, and back-painting. White glass, with brown paint and yellow stain on scroll and friezes. c.1460–70. Over half the border pieces and the quarry background are old, also the upper part of the figure and last two words of the inscription; light/medium external pitting; the face is cracked, and the shoulder has a piece of intruded medieval glass.
h 0.62m, w 0.44m

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nIV 2a, 2b, 2c

2a. A figure of the nimbed Virgin Mary, almost completely restored, stands with hands raised facing to sinister and wearing a hooded blue mantle over a ruby robe, against a patterned quarry background on a strip of earth. Borders as 1a. c.1460 and c.1898. Only the nimbus, two-thirds of the quarry ground, and the strip of earth are of medieval glass; light/medium external pitting.
h 1.20m, w 0.44m

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nIV 1b, 1c

1b. A male donor figure kneeling in a setting similar to 1a, but reversed and with crowned 'IHS' monograms in the border, facing to sinister with hands raised in prayer and wearing a black surplice. Above his head is a scroll with blackletter text that now reads 'Et mort vita mea'. Technique as 1a. Only the head, quarry background, and a few border pieces are old; medium external pitting, particularly on the face, which is also cracked.
h 0.62m, w 0.44m

2b. A figure of Christ Crucified, almost completely restored, hangs cross- nimbed and wearing a crown of thorns and purple loin-cloth on a cross labelled 'IHRS', at the foot of which are two skulls and some bones. Murrey and light-blue glass is used for the ground. Technique as 1a. c.1460 – c.1470 and c.1898. Only the loin cloth, ground, skulls, and bones and two-thirds of the quarry background are new.
h 1.20m, w 0.44m

1c. A male donor figure kneeling in a setting similar to 1a, but reversed and with crowned 'IHS' monograms in the border, facing right with hands raised in prayer and wearing a blue tunic. Above his head is a scroll with blackletter text 'Et Proteccio'. Technique as 1a. c.1460 – c.1470. Most of the figure (except the bottom right quarter) and all of the background (except the floor and friezes) are old, as are a few border pieces including a crowned 'IHS' monogram and a sunburst; light/medium external pitting.
h 0.62m, w 0.44m

2c. A figure of St John the Evangelist, almost completely restored, stands facing to dexter, his right hand raised to his face, his left carrying a book, wearing a blue mantle over a murrey robe. Setting as 2a. Technique as 1a, with a rosette pattern relieved from a matt wash on the outside of the robe. c.1460 – c.1470. Only the nimbus, ground, three pieces of murrey robe, one piece of border, and two-thirds of the quarry background are old; light/medium external pitting.
h 1.20m, w 0.44m

A1. A demi-figure of an angel, as A3, carries a scroll bearing the blackletter text 'Ave rex ge(n)tis an[glorum] '. Technique as A2. c.1460 – c.1470. Complete, except for an insertion of old glass across the left shoulder; some paint loss on face and text, wit; light/medium external pitting; some repair leads; the glass bearing the inscription is cracked, stuck edge-to-edge, and plated.
h 0.50m, w 0.17m

A2. A demi-figure of an angel issuing from a ruby cloud and yellow-stain glory and facing to dexter, wearing a diadem and ermine tippet over feathered tights and carrying a scroll bearing the blackletter text 'Miles Regis'. Patterned quarry background. Trace-line, and matt wash with stippling and relieving. c.1460 – c.1470. The angel’s torso is missing and has been replaced by fragments of old glass, including '[part of letter] Kater' in blackletter; 17 the head is cracked, stuck edge-to-edge, and plated; light/medium external pitting.
h 0.50m, w 0.17m

A3–4. Modern white quarry glazing.

A5. A demi-figure of an angel, as A2, but from a reversed cartoon and with blue cloud, carrying a scroll with a now lost inscription. Technique as A2. c.1460 – c.1470. Complete, except for one or two insertions of plain glass, and the text, which is missing and replaced with fragments, including 'ris:' in large blackletter script, and another piece with 'Ducr' in blackletter, probably 19th-c, which was placed inside-out in the panel now in A6 before the last restoration; some paint loss on the face; light/medium external pitting.
h 0.50m, w 0.17m

A6. A demi-figure of an angel, as A2, carrying a scroll bearing the blackletter text 'P(ro) sal[ute]'. Technique as A2. c.1460 – c.1470. Complete, except for one or two minor insertions of old glass and the latter part of the text, which replaced by fragments; light/medium exterior pitting.
h 0.50m, w 0.17m

B1. Sunburst. Trace-line, relieving. White glass, with black paint and yellow stain, c.1460–80.
h 0.05m, w 0.04m

C1. Fragments, including sunbursts and pot-blue glass, set on modern white glass. c.1460–80.
h 0.22m, w 0.21m

E1. Plain pot-blue eyelet filling.
h 0.16m, w 0.03m

Footnotes

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This may be from the inscription recorded by Martin in nIV; see introduction. Return to context

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