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Window: 04, S Transept E, All Saints, Hillesden

Location in Church:	S Transept E
Type:	4 lights
Size (width x height):	8' 0" x 15' 5" or 2.43m x 4.71m
Subject(s):	St Nicholas and 4 of his legends: Two cups, Famine at Myra, Jew of Calabria, Restoring life to boy strangled by devil, as in the Golden Legend.
Date Made:	16C
Craftsman:	Burlison & Grylls, Restorer
Notes on Window:	The top half of this window has glass showing 4 legends from the life of St Nicholas of Myra. It is remarkable that so much of these scenes survived the Civil War damage that devastated other windows in the church,and probably other St Nicholas scenes in the lower half of this window. More... Each of the 8 individual scenes has some glass that has been replaced, but does not match the original scenes, which can look rather confusing. We can assume these were ad hoc repairs following the Civil War damge. During the 1875 restoration of the church, the company Burlison and Grylls restored this window, and made accurate drawings of each scene, but leaving blank the pieces that were not parts of the original design. The drawings can be seen here, and they are also available individually showing each scene (with the non-original glass marked by a red dot) alongside a modern photo of each scene (from 2016).

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		Window in situ
		Overall View of Glass
		Top tiers showing 8 scenes featuring 4 legends of the life of St Nicholas.
		1875 drawings of 1495 glass showing 4 legends of St Nicholas. The blank parts are those which had been filled by non-matching glass.
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		1st Legend "St Nicholas and the 2 cups" (Click thumbnail to show 9 detail image thumbnails)
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		2 scenes portraying "St Nicholas and the 2 cups (one gold and one silver)" legend of St Nicholas
		1st scene of "St Nicholas and the 2 cups" with 1875 drawing and 2016 photo. Inscription translates as "The boy falls [overboard] who Nicholas presently saves".
		Boy, holding golden cup, falls from ship.
		Boy's father watches from the ship whilst three sailors hoist the sails.
		Boy with golden cup falls into the sea.
		2nd scene of "St Nicholas and the 2 cups" with 1875 drawing and 2016 photo. Inscription translates as "Then he [the father] offers the cup, giving thanks for the service done to him".
		Scene around an altar with a reredos showing the half figure of Christ.
		In front of the altar are the father, his wife, and the boy holding the golden cup.
		On the left of the altar, a mitred St Nicholas gives a blessing.
		2nd Legend - "The relief of famine at Myra" (Click thumbnail to show 5 detail image thumbnails)
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		Single scene portraying "The relief of famine at Myra" legend of St Nicholas.
		Scene of "The relief of famine at Myra" with 1875 drawing and 2016 photo. Inscription translates as "Then he [the father] offers the cup, giving thanks for the service done to him".
		St Nicholas and two monks watch grain being unloaded from the ship, and tied up in sacks on the shore.
		The large three masted ship.
		Birds in the sky over the ship.
		3rd Legend "The Jew of Calabria" (Click thumbnail to show 8 detail image thumbnails)
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		3 scenes portraying "The Jew of Calabria" legend of St Nicholas.
		1st scene of "The Jew of Calabria" with 1875 drawing and 2016 photo. Inscription translates as "He compels the thieves to return the property which they had taken".
		At the top is the image of St Nicholas, with the Jew departing on the right. Four robbers are delighted with a box of gold.
		2nd scene of "The Jew of Calabria" with 1875 drawing and 2016 photo. Inscription translates as "He beats his friend [St Nicholas] with a stick, because the gold has been stolen".
		The Jew attacks the image of St Nicholas, for not protecting his property.
		St Nicholas appears to two of the robbers, who are holding the box of gold.
		3rd scene of "The Jew of Calabria" with 1875 drawing and 2016 photo. Inscription translates as "The robber restores again the gold which he took away".
		The robbers return the box of gold to the Jew.
		4th Legend "The restoration of life to a boy strangled by the devil" (Click thumbnail to show 7 detail image thumbnails)
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		2 scenes portraying "The restoration of life to a boy strangled by the devil" legend of St Nicholas
		1st scene of "The restoration of life to a boy strangled by the devil" with 1875 drawing and 2016 photo. Inscription translates as "The demon strangles the boy when bringing him food".
		The devil, disguised as a pilgrim, strangles the boy who is carrying a dish of food.
		Three grief stricken men are watching.
		2nd scene of "The restoration of life to a boy strangled by the devil" with 1875 drawing and 2016 photo. Inscription translates as "The dead returned to life at the prayers of Nicholas"
		The boy is dead on the ground, with four kneeling figures beside him.
		St Nicholas looks down at the boy, and others watch from a building. However, the head on the far right is not original to this scene.
		Remnants of glass in the heads of the 4 lower lights of the window. Part of an inscription on the far right, that probably means "Choose Nicholas for Bishop" implies that the whole lower tier of the window would once have been filled with more of the legends of St Nicholas.