KK-SPEN-086

Record Date: 
22 June 2011
Graveyard: 
St. Peters
Exact wording of epitaph: 

I SHALL GO TO HIM BUT HE SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME - Sacred to the Memory of Henry William Meredyth I.P.D.L. died 1878 November 6th aged 49. This Window is dedicated by his widow Harriet Anne Meredyth and his two sons Henry Bayly & William Clayton Meredyth.

Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.545115
Longitude: 
-7.2261816666667
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Clayton and Bell London
Erected by: 
Harriet Anne Meredyth, Henry Bayly and William Clayton Meredyth
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Number of components: 
6
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
2310
Width (cm): 
510
Memorial date stated
Year: 
1878
Memorial date inferred: 
1878
Inscription date primary: 
1878
Inscription date secondary: 
0
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Mint
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Letter style: 
Copperplate
Introductory term: 
Sacred to the memory of Henry William Meredyth
Biblical quote: 
I shall go to him he shall not return to me. Samual 12:23 - I am the Resurrection and the light. John 11:25
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Henry william
Surname: 
Meredyth
Date of death - day: 
6
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1878
Age: 
49
Address: 
Norelands House Stoneyford Co Kilkenny
Notes: 

East window at back of Altar set in granite, gothic style, 3 lancets, three quarter foils and 4 small openings

Studio: Clayton and Bell London

Cartoonist: Daniels, George (1854-1949)

Gloine *

Iconography

Left Lancet: The Resurrection and the sleeping guard at the tomb

Centre Lancet: The Ascension

Right Lancet: Risen Christ appears to Mary Magdalene. Here she is seen to recognise Jesus, as she had found the tomb empty

Top quarter foil: The descending Dove in the form of the Holy Spirit

Left quarter foil:  Angel holding swag with the wording `I am the resurrection and the life`

Right quarter foil:  Angel holding swag  with the wording `I shall  go to him but he shall not return to me.

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