Work

Notes on iconography, placement, costings and construction of windows at the chapel of Saint Mary’s Dominican Convent, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Abstract

• Annotated pencil sketch for window of Saint Dominic at Saint Mary’s Dominican Convent, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.Inscriptions, from left to right and top to bottom: Top: ‘See Fra Angelico Book Plate LXV’, ‘St. Catherine 2 crowns’;,‘Crown above of roses’,‘Crown of thorns’, ‘may be obliquely placed’, ‘Saints in heaven’, ‘Dominican convent Dun Laoghaire’; Left side: ‘Price for side windows required’; Centre: ‘St. Dominic (young),’ could be side face if necessary’, ‘garments can be golden and slightly ornamented’, ‘dog at base at rest. No torch’; Bottom: ‘Theme for windows simple style not unlike Kerdifftown’, ‘Natural sciences St. Albert globe at foot. St. Catherine crowns’, ‘St. Dominic 8 pt star in background (8 beatitudes), ‘St. Thomas Aquinas sun background and cross somewhere’; ‘progression towards priests, nuns and children at sanctuary’, ‘torch of learning held by some’ ‘All in heaven’ ‘idea that the work of the saints priests and nuns brings laymen, women and children towards the altar, ‘progression towards priests, nuns and children at sanctuary.’

Creator

• Harry Clarke Stained Glass Ltd., Creator

Publisher location

• Ireland

Date Created

• created 1954

Series title

• Clarke Studios: Designs and Plans

Collection title

• Clarke Stained Glass Studios Collection

Medium

• pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

Support

• paper (fiber product)

Language

• English

Culture

• Irish

Provenance

• Acquired by Trinity College Library from David Clarke, October 2002

Subject

• Drawings, Irish
• Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380
• Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
• Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
• Dominic, Saint, 1170-1221

Keyword

• Dominican Convent of St. Mary’s (Dun Laoghaire, Ireland)

Format

• drawings (visual works)
• Drawings

Shelf Mark/Reference Number

• IE TCD MS 11182/1373/8

Location

• Manuscripts & Archives Research Library, Trinity College Dublin

Rights statement

• Copyright The Board of Trinity College Dublin. Images are available for single-use academic application only. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

Last modified

• 28/04/2020

Contributors

• Dominican Convent of St. Mary’s (Dun Laoghaire, Ireland), Associated Name
• Dominican Convent of St. Mary’s (Dun Laoghaire, Ireland), Patron

Resource type

• still image

Source

• 0103427

Digital Object Id

• MS11182-1373-8_1

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Relationships

Parent works and subseries:

• Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin: Dominican Convent of St. Mary’s

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