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Winchester, College |
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The remains of a Tree of Jesse in the large E window made by Thomas Glazier in 1393 and given by William of Wyckham were removed in the last century and replaced by Betton & Evans’ replica. Parts of the original C14 work were sold but these have now been returned and were reset after restoration by Dennis King in the 1950s in the Thurburn Chantry W window. The style of Glazier’s drawing will be immediately recognisable to those who have seen the companion figures of St John, St James and Ezekiel now in the Victoria & Albert Museum; here most of the twelve figures in the main lights are prophets and kings, all labelled except for the Virgin and Child (bottom left) and Christ with a kneeling king (bottom right). In the tracery lights are St Peter at the heavenly gate, a mitred soul from the General Resurrection, another charming Virgin with suckling Child and two adoring saints. (There is other ancient glass in the chapel to be photographed)
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