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Ground floor, stair hall, stained glass, detail
SC 682626
Description Ground floor, stair hall, stained glass, detail
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 682626
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 39021 CN
Scope and Content Detail of stained glass window on the ground floor of the stair hall, Vernonholme, Riverside Drive, Dundee Vernonholme is a two-storeyed villa designed by architects Johnston & Baxter in 1906, for their client, Mr A P Mathewson, a manufacturer. After being the headquarters of Tayside Health Board, it was converted to flats c.2000. This photograph shows a knight in armour with a large sword. He is framed by scrolling foliage, with a border of crowns and roses. Below him (not seen in this image) is the motto; ' GENTIL HERTE SHAWIS GENTIL DEDE' (a gentle heart shows gentle deed). This figure is complemented by flanking windows depicting an old man with a book inscribed 'OLD WINE, OLD FRIENDS, OLD BOOKS ARE BEST' and one of the Fates with her spinning wheel and distaff inscribed 'TAK TENT O TIME ERE TIME BE TINT'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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