Higher Ashton Devon
Detail: Stained glass fragments survive in the north chapel with a faceless bishop holding a book & staff; & St Gabriel holding a scroll inscribed, "Ave gra plena dins tecum," kneeling to a now lost BVM in an Annunciation scene. This can be dated to 1420 - 1455, the period of Bishop Lacy
(According Marion Glasscoe who wrote the Church guide, the figures depicted are from left to right: St Sidwell, a the well known local Saint of Exeter, identified by the symbol of her martyrdom consisting of a large scythe; St Gabriel with luxuriant wing feathers, bearing a scroll whose inscription reads : 'Ave grac[ia] plena d[e]us tecum' which proclaims Gabriel as part of an Annunciation scene; to the right, the kneeling figure in armour with an ermine surcoat at a prayer desk with a book open before him, is most likely a member of the Chudleigh family, and a donor of the window. INFO KINDLY SUPPLIED BY STUART BIRD)
- Church of St John the Baptist, Higher Ashton Devon
Higher Ashton Devon
Detail: Stained glass fragments survive in the north chapel with a faceless bishop holding a book & staff; & St Gabriel holding a scroll inscribed, "Ave gra plena dins tecum," kneeling to a now lost BVM in an Annunciation scene. This can be dated to 1420 - 1455, the period of Bishop Lacy
(According Marion Glasscoe who wrote the Church guide, the figures depicted are from left to right: St Sidwell, a the well known local Saint of Exeter, identified by the symbol of her martyrdom consisting of a large scythe; St Gabriel with luxuriant wing feathers, bearing a scroll whose inscription reads : 'Ave grac[ia] plena d[e]us tecum' which proclaims Gabriel as part of an Annunciation scene; to the right, the kneeling figure in armour with an ermine surcoat at a prayer desk with a book open before him, is most likely a member of the Chudleigh family, and a donor of the window. INFO KINDLY SUPPLIED BY STUART BIRD)
- Church of St John the Baptist, Higher Ashton Devon