Shields of the Saints in the Church of the Holy Trinity at Geneva
Reference code
LON/17/01
Title
Shields of the Saints in the Church of the Holy Trinity at Geneva
Date
1925
Level of description
File
Extent and format
1 volume: pp. xvi + 355.
Quarto.
Half leather binding, blue. Hand-painted bookplate of Hugh and Madeleine Stanford London precedes p. i.
Quarto.
Half leather binding, blue. Hand-painted bookplate of Hugh and Madeleine Stanford London precedes p. i.
Scope and content
A volume prepared for and presented to the English church at Geneva by HS London, illustrating a frieze of shields of arms of saints and other religious subjects, which he had designed for the church. The volume contains hand-drawn and painted shields, with typescript text explaining the meaning of and sources used by HSL for these attributed arms; plan of the church (p. 298); key to the location of the individual shields (pp. 299-304); calendar (pp. 305-08); index of saints (pp.342-45); general index (pp. 346-51); blazons of arms (pp. 316-41).
The design was finished in 1924, and work was completed early in 1925. A photograph of the interior of the church at the time (p. x) shows the frieze running round the whole church (except the sanctuary) at the top of the wainscot. The frieze does not appear still to be in the church [2025].
The design was finished in 1924, and work was completed early in 1925. A photograph of the interior of the church at the time (p. x) shows the frieze running round the whole church (except the sanctuary) at the top of the wainscot. The frieze does not appear still to be in the church [2025].
Creator
London, Hugh Stanford (1884-1959), diplomat, herald and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/811/1
Archival history
Part of the HS London Bequest, 1959.