ANCIENT PAINTED WINDOW, HAULT HUCKNALL CHURCH. 4 1 



at Hault Hucknall, which is interesting if only as illustrating 

 the art of glass painting in the last stage of Gothic decadence, 

 when old forms were paling before new ideas, and the feeling 

 of the Renaissance overshadowing the devotional school. 



The Hucknall window is fairly preserved, but it would 

 seem to have been at considerable risk : the subjects have 

 been remounted in a plain quarried ground, evidently by a 

 local glazier. 



The inscription on this window in its original form is 

 quoted by the Rev. Dr. Cox, in his " Churches of Derby- 

 shire" from an old visitation of the County, as follows : — ■ 



" Orate pro bono statu Johis Sauvage Militis et Elizabethas 

 uxoris eius qui me fieri fecerunt a.d. Mil.CCCCC 

 vicessimo septimo." 



Of this inscription we have " Orate pro bono 



Johis " in the first light ; the piece of glass containing the 

 first two words has been reversed (turned inside outwards) by 

 the glazier, so that they must be read backwards, and the 

 word " statu " has disappeared. No more of the inscription 

 remains until we come to the fourth light, where under the 

 feet of S. Ursula we find the date 1527. On my last visit 

 was discovered a fragment of glass bearing the name " Sauvage " 

 at the back of the monument beneath the window, with one 

 or two other pieces probably from the tracery of the west 

 window of the nave. These are now carefully preserved by 

 the vicar. It is to be hoped that funds may be forthcoming 

 to re-instate this window, when the all important name will be 

 replaced. 



The Crucifixion of our Lord, with the accompanying figures 

 of SS. Mary and John, occupies the first three lights of the 

 window; the fourth — to the south — contains the figure of S, 

 Ursula. The inscription band runs across the window at the 

 foot of these figures dividing the principal subjects from the 

 lower panels. 



Careful photographs of the window have been kindly provided 



