[1] St. Bartholomew was first interred at Albanopolis, in Greater Armenia, the scene of his passion, and his remains were afterwards translated successively to Daras, a city on the confines of Persia; to the island of Lipari; and to Beneventum. There is a tradition that his relics were eventually conveyed to Rome, but exactly where they were laid is uncertain.
[2] A full account of the hospital, brought down to 1837, is given in the Report of the Charity Commissioners on "Charities in England," issued in that year (vide No. 32, part vi), and since reprinted by Messrs. Wyman and Sons. Dr. Norman Moore is now engaged in writing a new history to the present time. The name of the first patient is recorded in the "Liber Fundationis" as "Adwyne of Dunwych."
[3] At the time of Stow's survey the church contained many brasses and monuments which have disappeared; but a tolerably complete account of them may be obtained by adding the descriptions supplied by Weever ("Funeral Monuments") and Gough ("Sepulchral Monuments," vol. ii) to those given by the old chronicler.
[4] There was formerly a chapel in the north-east corner.
Fig. A. Twelfth century. Sulphur cast from fine impression, the edge chipped. About 3-1/8 × 2 in. when perfect.
Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew standing, with nimbus, lifting up the right hand in benediction, in the left hand a long cross.
... HOSPITALIS SANCTI ... HOLOME ...
(3487. lxviii. 45.)
Fig. B. Twelfth century. Sulphur cast from imperfect impression. About 2½ × 2¼ in. when perfect.
Oval: St. Bartholomew, with nimbus, lifting up the right hand in benediction, in the left hand a long cross. The saint is half length on the section of a church, with round-headed arches, and two circular side-towers.
Maltese Cross SIGILL' CONVENTUS ECC ... HOLO ... I.
DE. LVDON.
(3488. lxviii. 22.)
Fig. C. A Counterseal. Twelfth century. Sulphur cast, 1¾ in. A church, with central tower, a cross at each gable end, and two tall round-headed arches in the wall, standing on a ship of antique shape, with curved prow and stern, each terminating in a bird's head, on the sea. In a field over the tower, the inscription: NAVIS ECCL'IE. On the left a wavy estoile of six points, on the right a crescent.
SIGILL':PRIORIS:ECCLESIE:SCI:BARTOLOMEI.
(3489. lxviii. 23.)
Fig. D. Later Seal. Thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Sulphur cast from imperfect impression. About 3 × 1 7/8 in.
Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew standing on a lion couchant guardant, in the right hand a knife, his emblem, in the left hand a book. Overhead, a trefoil canopy pinacled and crocketed. On each side in the field a tree on which is slung by the strap a shield of arms: England.
S'C ... E. HOSPITAL ... SANCTI:BARTH'I.
LONDON'.
(3490. lxviii. 46.)
Fig. E. A Counterseal. Thirteenth century. Sulphur cast from chipped impression. 1¼ × 7/8 in.
Pointed oval: the impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. An eagle displayed.
Maltese Cross SI ... HOSPITAL'. S. BARTHOL'.
(3491. lxviii. 47.)
Fig. F. Common Seal of the Prior and Convent. A.D. 1533. Bronze-green: fine, showing marks of the pins or studs employed to keep the two sides of the matrix in proper position, 2-1/8 in.
Obverse. St. Bartholomew, seated on a carved throne (somewhat resembling the throne on the obv. of the great seal of Edward I), in the right hand a book, in the left hand a knife. In the field, on the left a crescent, on the right an estoile, each between two groups of three small spots (the whole representing the heavens). Thirteenth century style of work.
Siz Petal flower SIGILLVM : COMMVNE : PRIOR' : ET : COVETV[S :
SCI : BA]RTHOLOMEI : LONDON'.
(3492 and Harl. Ch. 83 A. 43.)
Fig. G. Reverse of the same seal. A church, with central spire, a cross at each gable end, masoned walls imitating ashlar-work, and traceried windows, standing on a ship with a castle at each end, that on the left pointed, that on the right square, on the sea.
In the field at the sides, the inscription:
NAVIS ECCL'E. CREDIMVS : ANTE : DEVM :
PROVEHI : PER : BARTHOLOMEVM.
Beaded borders. ("Vetusta Monumenta," vol. ii, pl. xxxvi.)
Fig. H. Seal ad Causas. Fourteenth century. Sulphur cast from imperfect impression. 2-3/8 × 1½ in.
Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew standing on a corbel, in the right hand a knife, in the left hand a long cross.
... ET CONV ... THOL'I LOND' AD CAVS ...
(3495. lxviii. 26.)
Fig. I. Seal of the New Foundation for Preaching Friars, by Queen Mary. A.D. 1556-1558. 2½ x 1-5/8 in.
Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew, standing, with nimbus, in the right hand a knife, in the left hand a book, under a dome-shaped baldachin or canopy in the style of the Renaissance, supported on two pilasters. In the exergue a floral ornament.
SIGILLV. COVET' SCTI : BARTHOLOMEI : ORDINIS
FRATRV PREDICATORV : LODO.
Inner border beaded.
(From an impression taken direct from the matrix in the Church. There is an example on red sealing-wax in the British Museum.—3496. XXV. 88; see also "Archaeologia," vol. XV, p. 400.)
Later Seal of the Hospital.
A.D. 1695. Red, covered with paper before impression. 3 in.
(3498, and Add. Ch. 1685.)
Fig. K. Obverse. St. Bartholomew, full-length, surrounded with radiance, lifting up the right hand in benediction, in the left hand a long cross.
Maltese Cross COMM ... SIGILLV HOSPITAL'
APOSTOLI.
Fig. L. Reverse. A shield of arms: City of London.
In the field, the inscriptions: 1[66]1 (?). INSIGNIA LONDO.
Background diapered with wavy branches of foliage.
... EST SMITHFIELD Fleur-de-lis ET Fleur-de-lis HOSPITALI ...
With the exception of the Marian seal (Fig. I), the illustrations come from the impressions in the British Museum, whose catalogue numbers are given in every case for convenient reference.
"Certayne things appertaining to the Churche as followethe:—
The organ now at St. Bartholomew's, where it supersedes one purchased by subscription in 1731, was originally built by George England in 1760 for the Church of St. Stephen, Walbrook. Considerable work was there done upon it by Messrs. William Hill and Son in 1872, viz:
| I. | The pipes of Great and Choir stops were replanted, CC pipes over the GG grooves, and the compass altered to CC to G throughout. | |
| II. | The following alterations were made in the Great organ: | |
| Open Diapason (ii) extended from gamut G to CC. Mixture replaced by new pipes where required. New Trumpet inserted, and the old one transferred to Swell. | ||
| Choir. | Dulciana (new) C (grooved). Keraulophon (new) C (grooved). Clarinet CC. | |
| Swell. | New soundboard (CC to G), swell-box and new action. New Bourdon, 16 feet. Cornet made into 12 and 15 feet. New mixture—four ranks. German Flute revoiced. Old Great organ Trumpet arranged to form Double Trumpet from tenor C. All stops, except German Flute and Double Trumpet, carried down to CC. | |
| Pedal. | Bourdon, new, 16 feet. Open Diapason, 16 feet (compass arranged CCC to F thirty notes). Trombone, new, 16 feet | |
| Couplers. | New, Swell to Great, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Choir to Pedal, Swell to Choir. New keyboards. New Pedal keyboard. New Drawstop knobs. New additional bellows. Five new Composition Pedals (three to Great organ, and two to Swell organ). | |
Specification of the instrument after the above-mentioned work was done.
| Great Organ, CC to G. | ||
| Open Diapason (i) | 8 | feet |
| Open Diapason (ii) | 8 | " |
| Stopped Diapason | 8 | " |
| Principal | 4 | " |
| Twelfth | 22/3 | " |
| Fifteenth | 2 | " |
| Nason Flute | 4 | " |
| Furniture. | ||
| Sesquialtra. | ||
| Trumpet | 8 | " |
| Clarion | 8 | " |
| Swell Organ, CC to G. | ||
| Bourdon | 16 | feet |
| Open Diapason | 8 | " |
| German Flute | 8 | " |
| Stopped Diapason | 8 | " |
| Principal | 4 | " |
| Twelfth | 22/3 | " |
| Fifteenth | 2 | " |
| Double Trumpet (C) | 16 | " |
| Trumpet | 8 | " |
| Oboe | 8 | " |
| Clarion | 4 | " |
| Choir Organ, CC to G. | ||
| Dulciana | 8 | feet |
| Keraulophon (C grooved) 8 | " | |
| Stopped Diapason | 8 | " |
| Principal | 4 | " |
| Flute | 4 | " |
| Fifteenth | 2 | " |
| French Horn tenor F# | 8 | " |
| Vox Humana | 8 | " |
| Clarinet | 8 | " |
| Pedal Organ, CCC to F. | ||
| Open Diapason | 16 | feet |
| Bourdon | 16 | " |
| Trombone | 16 | " |
| Couplers. | ||
| Swell to Great. | ||
| Swell to Choir. | ||
| Swell to Pedal. | ||
| Great to Pedal. | ||
| Choir to Pedal. | ||
| Three Composition Pedals to Great. | ||
| Two Composition Pedals to Swell. | ||
In 1886 the organ was purchased from St. Stephen's, Walbrook, for St.
Bartholomew-the-Great, where a new case was made for it, the original
being retained at St. Stephen's, for the sake of the carving, attributed
to the famous Grinling Gibbons. Several alterations were then made in
the instrument to adapt it to its new position, and at the present time
the specification is as follows:
| Great Organ, CC to G. | ||
| Open Diapason (i) | 8 | feet |
| Open Diapason (ii) | 8 | " |
| Stopped Diapason | 8 | " |
| Principal | 4 | " |
| Wald-Flute | 4 | " |
| Twelfth | 22/3 | " |
| Fifteenth | 2 | " |
| Mixture (4 ranks). | ||
| Furniture (3 ranks). | ||
| Trumpet | 8 | " |
| Clarion | 4 | " |
| Swell Organ, CC to G. | ||
| Bourdon | 16 | feet |
| Open Diapason | 8 | " |
| German Flute | 8 | " |
| Stopped Diapason | 8 | " |
| Vox Angelica | 8 | " |
| Principal | 4 | " |
| Fifteenth | 2 | " |
| Mixture (4 ranks). | ||
| Double Trumpet | 16 | " |
| Trumpet | 8 | " |
| Oboe | 8 | " |
| Clarion | 4 | " |
| Choir Organ, CC to G. | ||
| Dulciana | 8 | feet |
| Keraulophon | 8 | " |
| Hohl Flute | 8 | " |
| Gamba | 8 | " |
| Suabe Flute | 4 | " |
| Fifteenth | 2 | " |
| French Horn | 8 | " |
| Clarinet | 8 | " |
| Vox Humana | 8 | " |
| Pedal Organ, CCC to F. | ||
| Open Diapason | 16 | feet |
| Bourdon | 16 | " |
| Trombone | 16 | " |
| Couplers. | ||
| Swell to Great. | ||
| Swell to Choir. | ||
| Great to Pedal. | ||
| Choir to Pedal. | ||
| Swell to Pedal. | ||
| Five Combination Pedals. | ||
| (Internal) | ||||||
|
105 27 | feet " | 2 8 | inches " | ||
| Ambulatory: Breadth | 12 | " | 10 | " | ||
| Nave (surviving bay): From east to west | 8 | " | 3 | " | ||
|
27 19 | " " | 8 3 | " " | ||
|
27 21 | " " | 4 6 | " " | ||
|
60 23 | " " | 6 7 | " " | ||
|
38 13 | " " | 8 2 | " " | ||
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