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S. BuRYAN. Remains of rood screen richly painted and gilt 

 (Blight, Churches of West Cornwall, pp. 5, 128; " S.K. 

 List," p. 218; Cornish Magazine, vol. 1, pp. 308-314). 



C. S. Gilbert states (Hist. Cornwall, Vol. 2, p. 725) that 

 the beautiful oak screen which formerly reached across the 

 church, and was ornamented with a rich variety of carved 

 work and gilding, representing a profusion of figures, such 

 as huntsmen, hounds, foxes, deer, and birds, was destroyed 

 in 1814. — H.M.w. 



S. Clement. North wall of Nave : large painting of St. 

 Christopher discovered in 1849, and destroyed during the 

 restoration in 1865. Paintings were found on the splaj'^s of 

 the windows of the south aisle — a female saint, St. Margaret? 

 The Entry into Jerusalem or The Flight into Egypt (subject 

 indistinct), and the Crucifixion. Principals of old oak roof 

 of chancel painted scarlet and white and gilt. (Described 

 and illustrated, J.E. Inst. C, Vol. 2, pp. 44-46). All the 

 plaster was stripped from the walls, the paintings destroyed, 

 and the oak roof, which with some repairs would have lasted 

 many years, was taken down and broken up. — h.m.w. 



S. CoLUMB Major. Remains of paintings were discovered 

 during the restoration in 1845. Traces of colour on lower 

 panels of rood screen. ("S.K. List," p. 218). There were 

 found in the spandrils of N. arcade of nave on removing 

 plaster in 1840, paintings of (1) The Crucifixion, (2) The 

 Creed (or Lord's Prayer), in black letter, enclosed in a 

 border. These were plastered over and so remain. Two 

 large niches in east wall of north chapel show traces of 

 colour. E. J. Walker, Rector. 



C. S. Gilbert (Hist, of Cornwall, Vol. 2, p. 662) states 

 (1820) The pulpit is ornamented with shields bearing coats of 

 arms of Arundell, Carminowe, Granville, Moyle, etc., but 

 most of the colours are wrong. — h.m.w. 



S. CoLUMB Minor. "Rood-screen and loft (yet standing, though 

 without a rood to it), a most curious and costly piece of 

 workmanship, carved, and painted with gold, silver, 

 vermiUion, and bice, is the masterpiece of art in these parts 



