Two plates. The first shows Christ as shepherd,with a scroll reading 'Pastor Bonus' at top of window, 'In memoriam Alice obit. 12th April [date & surname not visible]' at bottom. The second image shows Christ holding a lamp - scroll reading 'Lux Mundi' at
Sans titreTwo plates and one photographic postcard. The plates show stained glass windows, before and after images of Christ in a garden with his disciples, 'And in loving memory of these windows are'. After image with more detail on robes and lettering repaired. T
Sans titreThree plates, showing three images of a similar seated male bearded figure, captioned Troyes (Aube), Vaudes (Aube), Herbisse (Aube).
Sans titreFour plates showing three different reproduced images: stained glass depicton of Jesse tree, King David(?) holding flowering branches.
Sans titreIncludes portion of top row of stained glass window; portion of upper part of Peter de Dene window and reproduction of stained glass image - kneeling monk flanked by knights. Plate 1 moderately faded, 'top row' written on plate in pen. Plate 2 stained and discoloured; 'Peter de Dene top' written on plate in ink. Plate 3 liquid stained but otherwise in good condition.
Sans titreSomewhat faded images of parts of windows - 1) St Christopher carrying the Christ child, 2) unclear, 3) multi-panel, unclear, 4) multi-panel, unclear, 5) multi-panel, unclear.
Sans titreThe glass negative was used as an illustration in J W Knowles' 'A manual of glass painting.'
Sans titreThree plates. T587 & T598 - same negative image, several panels of medieval stained glass window depicting human figures, angels, (annunciation at top?). T599 - enlarged image of shepherd(?) kneeling before bishop(?).
Sans titreFour panels of a stained glass window, depicting male bearded figures. 'Aaron Esaias' written in one panel. 2 copies.
Sans titreWooden triptych with Jesus holding a chalice, flanked by two angels or saints. One is holding the crown of thorns, one holding bread.
Sans titreInterior of St John's Church, Whitby. Two plates depicting different images of the reredos and surrounding area under construction, with scaffolding and ladders. The third plate shows the finished reredos and painting.
Sans titreReproduction from a book or pamphlet showing different images of engravings of pieces of stained glass (parts of faces, animals, decorative borders etc) from St Stephen's Chapel. Engraved and published by JT Smith, Jan 1804.
Sans titreDetails of parts of stained glass windows (a dragon and parts of clothing), with 'X' marks visible on most pieces.
Sans titreOne plate shows an early modern(?) drawing or etching depicting a rifle range, with richly dressed men firing at targets. The other plate shows a negative image of a drawing or etching depicting two men in early modern(?) dress working in a glaziery.
Sans titreStained glass depicting man playing backgammon in an inn, surrounded by women. Medieval. From Lasteyrie, 'Histoire de la Peinture sur verre'.
Sans titreGlass plate negative photos of plaster saints - the Virgin Mary, St John, and both figures together.
Sans titreIncludes an image of an ornate chair; two images of the same boss; stone font; and stained glass window with standing male figure.
Sans titreTwo different images showing crowned female heads, of very similar design. Medieval.
Sans titreTwo plates show the same photo of one light of a stained glass window, with the third showing two lights from the next section along.
Sans titreThe first negative shows fragments of glass with two knights on; whilst the second shows a fragment of glass with coat of arms.
Sans titreEach plate depicts different bishops holding swords and shields. From facsimilies of the J Arundel example. In the Grosvenor Thomas collection.
Sans titreReproductions from p 97 and 148 of a Latin book, with text and line drawings of medieval ships.
Sans titreFour glass plate negatives, labelled 1) Lamport Church 2) Victoria & Albert Museum 3) Chesterfield Parish Church 4) In posession of JJ Hardshaw Esq. Birmingham.
Sans titreTwo glass plate negatives with same image of the donor panel from the West Window at St Martin's Coney Street, depicting Reverend Robert Semer.
Sans titreFour plates. First is of a window depicting man and woman kissing. Second is of a window depicting marriage. Third is of a window depicting baptism(?) of a woman. Fourth is of a window depicting three male figures.
Sans titre2 plates. Glass plate negatives of upper and lower parts of a stained glass window, depicting a crowned female saint with book and palm(?). Medieval.
Sans titreCartoons used twice (with slight differences) in the same window: woman with drowned child at tomb, and woman with leprosy at tomb.
Sans titreCatalogue of sale of a collection of old glass, with prices.
Sans titre2 copies of frontispiece (nos 1-2), 2 copies of plate III (nos.3-4), 2 copies of plate IV (nos.5-6)
Sans titreIncludes 'The Sun of York: fragments with suns, J.W. Knowles Collection' (no.4); details from 14th century York windows (no.10); representations of the Holy Trinity in York glass (no.12); German influence in Oxford work (no.15)
Sans titreSt Margaret's, Westminster interior (HP.3) and detail of stained glass window (P.2).
Sans titreSet of slides showing glass making techniques and examples of stained glass including: no.4 carbonate and copper burnt in; no.7 modern and 12th century; no.10 Eraclius' 13th century glass painting recipe; no.11 Eraclius' recipe for glass painting 14th century; no.36 cartoons used twice, Église de la Madeleine, Aube, Troyes; no.38 curious old inscriptions on the walls of the Haunted Gallery; no.45 glass corroded leaving enamel intact; no.47 York Minster Fabric Rolls, abstract of 1421 roll; no.49 accounts relating to glass painting at York Minster 1371-1639 extracted from the Fabric Rolls; no.50 items in the Fabric Rolls relating to glass painting at York Minster 1471, 1577; transcript of indenture between the Dean and Chapter of York and John Thornton of Coventry, glazier for the glazing of the Great Window in the east gable of the choir of York Minster 10 Dec 1405; no.55 stained glass with inscription to Von Rosenbach 1588; no.61 Steelyard Wharf, London; no.63 Venetian Chart of the English Channel 1489; no.69 diagram to show continuity of design and practice in the York school of glass painting 1399-1529; no.70 ordinances of York, glass painters 1463-64; no.72 ordinances of York, glass painters c.1370; no.75B Prudde's scale of prices for various classes of work 1445-49; no.77 prodigal son playing blackgammon in half moon from Lasteyrie; no.79 stained glass at Limoges - fox preaching to cocks and hens; no.83 statues of Virgin and Child from Petite Chapelle St Jean etc; no. 93 1526 indenture, King's College, Cambridge; no.94 patent granted by Henry VI to John Utynam for manufacture of coloured glass, 1449; no.95. unidentified portrait; no.97 St William Window, York Minster c.1421: two of the donors (the Roos family); pane representing William's enthronization feast, St William Window, York Minster c.1421; no. 116 the monkey's funeral and fox running away with the goose, nave, York Minster; no.125 portrait of Henry Gyles, glass painter of York c.1646-1709 from mezzotint by Francis Place; no.127 image of glass painter's workshop; no.129 [?Self] portrait of Henry Gyles 1680-85, British Museum (Museum no. 1852,0214.372); map of London 1560 showing steelyard and Glaizers Hall, Fye Foot Lane; no.131 16th century window from 15th century cartoons, Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres, Aube department, France; no.139 title page of Waltyer Gedde's Booke of Sundry Draughtes 1615; no.164 unidentified; no.166 map showing England, France, Italy and Belgium; no.167 [York Minster, interior]; no. 168 plan [?of York Minster] showing system 'A' where only the windows nearest the spectator can be seen and system 'B' where all windows can be seen; no.169 [York Minster, exterior]; no.170 Choir, Gloucester Cathedral; no.171 example of an indenture; no.172 St William Window, York Minster c.1421; no.173 St William in Solitude, St William Window, York Minster c.1421; no.178 unidentified stained glass window with annotations; no.179 Corpus Christi Heads at Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York and St Martin's Coney Street, York and Our Lord appearing to St Thomas at All Saints, North Street, York; no.184 East Window, Gloucester Cathedral; no.185 Fairford; no.187 York Minster - William de Auckland appears as Vitriarius in 1371 (extract from unattributed text); no.192 [?monkey funeral, nave, York Minster]
Sans titreOriginally held in a box marked 'Knowles Wooden box plates 28.'
Sans titreSome of the plates are particularly badly damaged and will require conservation. Originally held in a box marked 'Knowles Wooden box plates 28.'
Sans titreOne of the images is in very poor condition.
Sans titreThe lectern is in the Byzantine style.
Sans titreCost £472.
Sans titreAlso gilded and carved angels for Reverend P C A Carnegy.
Sans titreAlso includes oak casket deposited beneath the altar.
Sans titreBundle of printed music sheets, primarily printed in York, as well as handwritten notes by J W Knowles on the subject of music in the city.
Sans titreResearch notes compiled by a local researcher, relating to premises owned or supported by the Knowles family:
'The Sign of the Bible', Stonegate;
Stonegate warehouse;
Coffee Yard;
Grape Lane Chapel and
Stonegate.
Three blocks - one showing the entire east window and two showing details of panels.
Sans titreStained glass window with several crests, including the Yorkshire rose as in KNO/24/848. 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' is written around three of the crests.
Sans titreMarked as 'before restoration.' One glass plate negative and one transparency. Glass plate depicts stained glass coat of arms, fractured, with part of border missing. Transparency depicts same coat of arms, restored.
Sans titrePlates 1 and 2 depict same image of four lights with male saints and kings in the upper parts, family crests and praying figures (donors?) below. Plate 3 shows four lights of a stained glass window, depicting Jesus, St Peter, and two other male saints, and possible donor figures at prayer below. Plate 4 shows four lights depicting St George, and St Christopher carrying the Christ child, with family crests beneath. Plate 5 shows four lights of a stained glass window depicting St Peter and three others (St William?) and family crests below.
Sans titreReproduction from The Antiquary magazine, entitled 'On English Medieval Window Glass', detailing new research and methods of colouring glass during the medieval period.
Sans titreShowing stained glass window tracery.
Sans titreIncludes part of the Arms of Roos in stained glass; and two sets of leaf designs.
Sans titreContact prints. One image depicts a demon in stained glass, the other a lion. Medieval.
Sans titreReproductions from print: 1. diagram of a medieval kiln; 2. line drawings of medieval sculptors and painters (one female); 3. two line drawings of knights, from stained glass windows; and 4. diagram of a domed medieval glassmakers kiln.
Sans titreCartoon of a stained glass window depicting St Luke the Evangelist, with book and quill. In Memoriam James Holt 1915. 2 copies.
Sans titreIncludes plates showing a stained glass window border, with unknown coat of arms; bottom part of a heraldic window with coat of arms; border with Freshville coat of arms, dated 1676; and part of a stained glass window depicting three cherubs.
Sans titreThe first negative shows part of a stained glass window depicting three cherubs as in KNO/24/1228. The second shows par of a stained glass window depicting upper part of coat of arms - helmet, plumes and angel. The third image shows a border with Freshvil
Sans titreIncludes: stained glass depicting man giving benediction gesture; circular stained glass panel depicting man in armour; stained glass depicting coat of arms; as third image, but smaller; stained glass depicting bishop(?); circular stained glass depicting
Sans titreFirst window from the from West. 2 plates.
Sans titreMarked 'since removed.' Four photographs, cut to shape - tracery panels of stained glass windows depicting various saints and monarchs.
Sans titreTwo glass plate negatives: one depicting decorative architectural images in stained glass window, one depicting St Martin rescuing a hare from some hounds.
Sans titreTwo plates. Negative images of two different stained glass windows (from St Michael-le-Belfrey?).
Sans titreSix plates. The first and second show the upper and lower parts of window light depicting St Christopher carrying Christ child. Third and fourth images show the upper and lower parts of window light depicting unidentified saint on plinth. Fifth image show
Sans titreTwo images of what appear to be strips of lead or stone - one with 'D. Giles Of York 1665' engraved on it, one with 'York 1665 [illegible]' written on it.
Sans titreWindow details, male and female figures etc
Sans titreUnidentified
Sans titreUnidentified. Includes title page of Thomas Gent's 'The most delectable, scriptural and pious history of the famous and magnificent great eastern window (according to beautiful portraitures) in St Peter's Cathedral, York' 1762 (no. 3); details of stained glass, south aisle, St Michael le Belfrey, York (no. 6); map showing abbeys located near York; Franconian glass panel at South Kensington (no.10)
Sans titreSlides showing the techniques and tools used in stained glass window making. File includes nos. 155, 156, 160, 161, 167, 183, 187, 188, T.335, and three unnumbered slides.
Sans titreHT.1 William of Wykeham window 15th century. P.92 West window by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1779-85.
Sans titreStained glass designs. S.50 Salisbury Cathedral: detail of grisaille from a drawing.
Sans titreAscension window (T.483), unspecified window (T.485).
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