From the Royal Cornwall Gazette, Friday 12th August 1864, page 8.
Memorial Window in Kenwyn Church.—A very beautiful five-light altar window, by Gibbs, of Bedford-square, London, has just been erected in Kenwyn Church by members of the Carlyon family to the memory of their recently deceased relatives, the following inscription occupying the lower margin of the window:—“To the glory of God, and in memory of Harriet Carlyon, died Jan. 15, 1863, aged 74 years; Eliza Carlyon, died Sept. 17, 1861, aged 81 years; Clement Carlyon, died March 5, 1864, aged 87 years; Mary Carlyon, died July 28, 1861, aged 90 years; Anne Carlyon, died Feb. 15, 1856, aged 82 years.” On the mullion lights, on medallions, alternating with quartrefoils, are representations of the following events in our Saviour’s life:—The Adoration of the Shepherds; the Wise Men’s Offering; the Baptism; Blessing Little Children; the Healing at Bethesda; the Last Supper; and—in the centre of the middle light—the Ascension, the Saviour here appearing in a gorgeous aureola of vesical form, and surrounded by the glory of “Heaven’s star-sprinkled floor.” Immediately beneath, and very prominent, are the Carlyon arms and crest, with the motto, “Turris tutissima virtus.” Above the lowest transom, and ranging with the mullion lights, are five pointed trefoils. Of these, the central and outer ones are occupied by kneeling angels bearing legends; in the centre, immediately above the Ascension, is the text, “I ascend unto my Father and to your Father;” and on the first and fifth appears, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.” The designs on the second and fourth of the series are of floral character—the rose being the most conspicuous ornament; and the four inter-trifoliate spaces are occupied by lilies. Above the west transom are four trefoils—the inner two bearing kneeling angels, and on the outer two are the Alpha and Omega. Above these, on each of two trefoils, is the Double Delta; and at the apex of the arch is the Agnus Dei on a quatrefoil. The groundwork of the window is throughout of floral character—profusely elaborate, yet chaste and clear, and free from aught like obscurity or confusion. The glass is of the richest description; the designs are artistically beautiful; and the colours are tastefully and judiciously harmonised. Both in general effect and in the beauty of detail, the whole work is eminently satisfactory. Two memorial windows, each of three lights, will ere long be erected in the south aisle, and also an armorial window in the tower.
The same article appeared in the West Briton, Friday 19th August 1864, page 6, under the title Kenwyn Church, Truro.
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