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LIST OF MURAL PAINTINGS AND OTHER REMAINS OF 



COLOUR DECORATION NOW OR FORMERLY EXISTING 



IN CORNISH CHURCHES. 



J.D.E.— J. D. KNYS. 



T.C.P.— THURSTAN C. PETER. 



H.M.W. -H. MICHELL WHITLEY. 



Advent. Principals of roof richly painted and gilt (" S.K. List," 

 p. 3.) No colour visible at present. — h.m.w. 



Altarnon. Two painting's on deal panels. 1. — The Lord's 

 Supper being- administered — the table stands clear of the 

 wall, — the celebrant standing behind it facing west, on it 

 two candlesticks with lighted candles, a chalice and two 

 dishes of small loaves, a male figure on either side of the 

 celebrant while two figures kneel in front of the table facing 

 east. 2. — The Crucifixion ; the Saviour's side being pierced 

 by the soldier's lance. Date about 1620. 



Traces of colour on the font. A. H. Malan, Vicar, 



Anthony (East). When the whitewash Avas removed during 

 restoration, some few traces of red diagonal lines were found 

 on the plaster. J. F. Kitson, Vicar. 



Blisland.'^' Rood Screen once richly coloured, the lower part 

 only remains. (" S.E. List," p. 30). Recently restored by 

 Eden. 



BoD:^iN.t Old pulpit showed signs of elaborate colour and gilding, 

 on the panels are vestiges of paintings of personages. 

 (Maclean, Hist. Deanery of Trigg Minor, i, p. 154.) 



Breage. On the north wall (1) St. Christojjher bearing the 

 Infant Christ on his shoulder. Ship, hermit in boat, and 

 mermaid with glass on the water. (Retouched, and head of 

 Infant Christ restored). (2) Our Lord stanching his wounds, 

 and surrounded with implements of trade, etc. (the outline of 



• The S.K. lyist includes this on authority of Maclean Trigg: Minor, Vol. i, p. 54 

 (1873). Shortly after that work was published, what was left of thts Screen was 

 deliberately destroyed by Jonathan Parkyn, Curate in charge. 



t The old pulpit was hollowed out of one tree trunk, the several flat outer faces 

 of which appeared, as panels, through cusping externally attached. The old painted 

 portion is now removed. On a hill named " the Bery," at Bodmin, stands the Tower 

 of the ancient Holy Rood Guild Church, in which was a painting of St. Christopher. 

 Rev. W. lago informs us that it is referred to in the original building account, still 

 preserved in MS. 



