Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi Digital Archive

Location

Location	Lyme Park
Site/Monument	Lyme Hall
Dedication	Lyme Hall
County (in 1974)	Cheshire
National Grid Reference	SJ 965 824

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Building

Building Type (current)	House, palace or castle
Building Type (pre-Reformation)	House, palace or castle

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Window

Window description	Drawing room, bay window
CVMA panel no	3b, 4b

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Subject Terms

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Iconclass	armorial bearing, heraldry (with NAME of family) - device, motto August; 'Agosto' (Ripa) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ heraldic animals) birds cat commercial fishery (+ labourers ~ crafts, industries, agriculture) commoners crown (symbol of sovereignty) December and its 'labours' December; 'Decembre' (Ripa) drinking eating and drinking female sex; woman garland, wreath griffin (lion/eagle); 'Griffo' (Ripa) harvest (+ labourers ~ crafts, industries, agriculture) January and its 'labours' July and its 'labours' July; 'Luglio' (Ripa) male sex; man musician November; 'Novembre' (Ripa) October; 'Ottobre' (Ripa) pig pope Leo the Great reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest Sagittarius (zodiacal sign of November) Scorpio (zodiacal sign of October) September; 'Settembre' (Ripa) shore-birds and wading-birds: heron sibyls sibyls (CIMMERIAN) sibyls (EUROPEAN) sibyls (LIBYAN) sibyls (PHRYGIAN) the twelve months represented by scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape; so-called 'labours of the months' 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) unicorn Virgo (zodiacal sign of August) warming oneself at a fire (or hearth, stove, fire-pan, brazier)
Heraldry	?Goodman (family arms) (Historical Figures) Legh escutcheon of pretence (Historical Figures) England, royal arms (Other) Garland (Other) Garter (Other) Lion (Other) Unicorn (Other)
CVMA Original	?Goodman (family arms) aristocrat August Avocet (bird) Bagpipes (musical istrument) Boat (Topography and settings) Boydell (family arms) Buying a fisherman's catch (Labour of the month) Cat Cimmerian sibyl (Mythological figure) Courting crest (as part of coat of arms) Crown Crowned lion December Drinking England, royal arms Erythraean sibyl (Mythological figure) European sibyl (Mythological figure) Families and Individuals Feasting and drinking Female Fishermen and Fishing Garland Garter Griffin grotesque figures (Renaissance) Harebell (flower) Harvesters and Harvesting Haydock (family arms) Hellespontine sibyl (Mythological figure) helm Heron July Killing pig Legh escutcheon of pretence (Heraldry) Leo Libyan sibyl Lion Male Motto Musicians Musketeer November October Pansy Parakeet (bird) peasant Phrygian sibyl (Mythological figure) Pig Plants/Trees/Flowers/Fruit Reaping Rowing (leisure activity) Sagittarius Samian sibyl (Mythological figure) Scorpio September Sibyl Smith of Withcote (shield of arms) Tiburtine sibyl (Mythological figure) Unicorn Unidentified bird Unidentified figure Virgo Warming by fire Wieghing fruit (Labour of the month)

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Image

CVMA inv. no.	008357
Photographer	Perry, T
Copyright	Historic England
Format	Colour negative (60 x 70mm)
Colour	C
Image date	2002
Location	NMR
Image Reference	AA036697
Negative Reference	AA036697
Taken Where	in situ