Medieval Stained Glass Panel with Saints

Deep blue stained glass panel in lead cames with crimson panels above; painted profile figure of a an angel's head in three-quarter view with tiered wing below; attributed to Bernard Flowers (d.1517). 340 grams, 41.7 cm



Collection of Mrs Herbert Shipman, Newport, Rhode Island, and the River House, New York, USA, until; her sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, USA, 20-21 November 1936, no.348. Roy Grosvenor Thomas, London, UK. George A. Douglass, Sr, Greenwich, Conn. LG-9. Fairford collection; 12 January 1996, no.1049. Private collection UK, 1999. Ex central London gallery. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

The obverse depicting the busts of St Peter and St Paul each within an inverted pear-shaped compartment defined by pellets; cross pattee supported on a staff between the busts and at the top of the bulla in the centre letters 'SPASPE', abbreviations for St Paul and St Peter; reverse inscribed over three lines 'HONO/RIVS/PP.III', with an omega above the letters 'PP'; both obverse and reverse faces with a pelletted perimeter. 53.6 grams, 41 mm



Found UK. Property of a Worlingworth, Suffolk, UK, private collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Pope Honorius III, born Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death. A canon at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, he came to hold a number of important administrative positions, including that of Camerlengo.

The obverse depicting the busts of St Peter and St Paul each within an inverted pear-shaped compartment defined by pellets; cross pattee supported on a staff between the busts and at the top of the bulla in the centre remains of the letters 'SPASPE', abbreviations for St Paul and St Peter; reverse inscribed over three lines 'NICO/LAVS:/PP:III', with an omega above the letters 'PP'; both obverse and reverse faces with a pelletted perimeter. 23.6 grams, 32 mm



Found on a Yorkshire rally at Minskip, UK, 2007. Property of a UK private collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Pope Nicholas III (reigned 1277-1280) issued several papal bulls during his pontificate, most notably the bull In Nomine Domini, which addressed papal elections and church reform. This bull is significant because it established the rules for papal elections and reduced the influence of secular powers in the process. Another important bull issued by Nicholas III was Exiit Qui Seminat, which aimed to resolve disputes within the Franciscan order between strict and relaxed observance groups.