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Roundel

first half 15th century (made)
Place of origin
England (made)

Painted in brownish black and silver stain. Made up of fragments of which the greater portion represents a seated angel holding open a long scroll inscribed with a series of minims, set against a medallion painted black with rough circles scratched in it. Two inserted fragments represent (1) part of a hand resting on a table laid with beatkers and plates on which are joints of meat and poultry, and (2) part of a cartouche formed of and surrounded by architectural scrollwork.


Object details

Categories
British Galleries
Stained Glass
Object type
Roundel
Materials and techniques
Black paint, yellow stain, stickwork, grey wash and cross-hatching.
Stained Glass
Brief description
Circular pane of glass painted in brown pigment and silver stain with an image of an angel holding a scroll annotated with musical notes.
Physical description
Painted in brownish black and silver stain. Made up of fragments of which the greater portion represents a seated angel holding open a long scroll inscribed with a series of minims, set against a medallion painted black with rough circles scratched in it. Two inserted fragments represent (1) part of a hand resting on a table laid with beatkers and plates on which are joints of meat and poultry, and (2) part of a cartouche formed of and surrounded by architectural scrollwork.
Dimensions
  • Height: 58.5cm
  • Width: 41.6cm
unframed composite panel
Object history
C.133-140-1931
Group of roundels bought from Canon Lanchester, The Shrublands, ?, Norwich
31/6149

(1932) Note in Register: This roundel and Nos.134-140 came from the school of St. Michael's, Coslany, Norwich (information of Mr. John A. Knowles). Dr. Philip Nelson informed me (11 Feb.1932) that he had known these roundels many years and that he believed them to have come from St. Michael's Coslany Church. In his collection he has a quarry, also from East Anglia, with a similar rendering (without inscription) of the month of November (compare no. C.135-1931).
Bibliographic references
  • Kerry Ayre, Medieval English Figurative Roundels, CVMA Great Britain, Summary Catalogue 6, 2002, p.76 This was part of a group of eight panels from St Michael's Girls' School in Coslany, Norwich, acquired from Canon Lanchester. Part of this group was described by Winter in 1851 and G.A. King made tracings of the panels at the 'Old Rectory House, St Michael Coslany in 1881. Woodforde states that the parsonage was demolished and the school built on or near the site. The panels were glazed into the upper parts of some of the windows. When the school closed, the glass was sold to the V&A.
  • E.A. Kent, 'The Seasons in Domestic Glass', Journal of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, V, 1 (1933-4), pp.19-24
  • C.J.W. Winter, A Selection of Illustrations of Norfolk and Norwich Antiquities, 2 vols., Norwich, 1885-88, 1887-88
  • G.A. King drawings (box/folder/drawing) held at Norwich Record Office.
  • C. Woodforde, The Norwich School of Glass-Painting in the Fifteenth Century, London, 1950
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.140-1931

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Record createdJune 2, 1998
Record URL
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