- Vidimus - http://vidimus.org - Posted By ltempest On May 16,
2011 @ 1:31 pm In | Comments Disabled Some of the most important
medieval glass in South Yorkshire has been badly severely
damaged by vandals. The glass in window sIV at St Peter’s
church, Conisbrough, included two panels of late fifteenth-
century glass, one including a head of the Virgin Mary and the
other the head of St Blaise, a martyred fourth century bishop of
Sebaste (modern Sivas in Armenia), who was the patron saint of
wool-combers and the wool trade. The latter was knocked out of
its lead during a frenzy of destruction which saw several other
windows smashed, chairs overturned, and a display board trashed.
CVMA author and Sheffield diocesan stained-glass advisor, Brian
Sprakes, spoke to Vidimus about the damage: ‘The Conisbrough
image of St Blaise is the only surviving representation of this
saint in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He had a strong appeal to
local hill farmers. His face seems to have been targeted by the
vandals. Five panels