nIV.
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
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
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;
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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
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