Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi Digital Archive

Location

Location	West Wycombe
Site/Monument	St Lawrence
Church Code	627835
Church Heritage Record ID	10052 (View on CHER Website)
Dedication	St Lawrence
County (in 1974)	Buckinghamshire
National Grid Reference	SU 827 949

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Building

Building Type (current)	Parish church
Building Type (pre-Reformation)	Parish church
Part of Church (general)	Chancel

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Window

Window description	Chancel, east window
Orientation	East
Window published source	Cole 1993, pp 309 (nos 2432-33), 310 (nos 2438-39), 311 (nos 2444-45, 2448)

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Subject Terms

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Iconclass	birds eagle (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. John female sex; woman Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues king landscapes male persons from the Old Testament (GOLIATH) (GOLIATH) male sex; man predatory birds: eagle priest (Roman Catholic) queen, empress, etc. (wife of a ruler) the apostle John the Evangelist; possible attributes: book, cauldron, chalice with snake, eagle, palm, scroll the apostle Paul of Tarsus; possible attributes: book, scroll, sword the apostle Thomas; possible attributes: book, chalice, girdle, heart, lance or spear, scroll, square, stones the Archangel Raphael the healing of Tobit: Tobias puts the gall of the fish on his father's eyes the soldier; the soldier's life the twelve months represented by scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape; so-called 'labours of the months' (+ with scenes showing human occupations ~ seasons and months) writing and letters
Heraldry	Unidentified (Other)
CVMA Original	Ahasuerus, King Eagle Eagle of St John Esther crowned by Ahasuerus (old test) Esther, Queen Female Hope Interior Jeroboam, king (OldTestament Figure) John the Evangelist King Jeroboam sacrificing at Bethel (old test) Kings Landscape Male Paul Priest/Canon Queens Raphael Soldiers and Warfare The Healing of Tobit Thomas Tobias Tobit Unidentified Unidentified bird Unidentified figure Unidentified scene Writing

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History and Form

Published Source Roundel	Cole 1993, 2432, 2433, 2438, 2439, 2444, 2445, 2448

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Image

CVMA inv. no.	007456
Copyright	Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive
Format	Colour print
Colour	C
Image date	1991
Location	NMR
Image Reference	BB91/04811
Negative Location	NMR
Negative Reference	BB91/04811
Taken Where	in situ