Page:County Churches of Cornwall.djvu/223

 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 187 current idea that this arcade came from dissolved collegiate church of Glasney is merely a bit of fond imagining. The 15th cent, porch has semi- octagonal panelled jambs, and head of entrance has simple bold tracery. Base of rood-screen in position, with narrow panels richly carved in scrolls and foliage, c. 1525. Above panels on N. side are painted words, Iarys Ionai Jesw Crest. A former vicar (Rev. J. W. Murray) read this to mean a Cornish version of "The grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ," a version, however, which is not accepted by other scholars. No sound solu- tion has been obtained. 1 Rood-stairs are in angle of N. transept, and here, too, is a blocked-up squint. In the arcade is narrow opening (rebuilt) for passage to loft of former S. aisle screen. Note also 13th cent, carving of the Crucifixion in outer recess on N. side of chancel; 15th cent, shaft piscina, like the one at Bodmin ; two old bench- ends in chancel seating ; good Elizabethan pulpit ; 17th cent, shaft alms-box, with iron lid and 3 hasps ; Charles I. arms, and copy of his letter on S. wall; and Charles II. arms in vestry. A fine picture of St. Christopher on N. wall was destroyed in 1 8 19, together with other valuable wall-paintings {R.I.C, vol. iii. pp. 163-173). (Registers, 1673.) 1 The letters seem to have been repainted and probably cor- rupted; see R.I.C, iii. 168-70; iv. 53; xiv. 394-417, where Mr. Thurstan Peter supplies a fully illustrated account of this church.