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| Keywords: ApotheosisOfTheVirgin 1517 GreenwayPorch StPetersChurch Tiverton.PNG en 1517 relief sculpture in the Greenway Porch built in 1517 against the south wall of St Peter's Church Tiverton Devon by the wealthy merchant John Greenway d 1529 a member of the Merchant Adventurers Company and of the Drapers Company It shows Greenway left with initials JG above and his wife kneeling either side of the Virgin Mary who is standing on a crescent moon and is ascending into Heaven with backdrop of a palm-frond lifted up by angels to a figure of God the father crowned as the King of Heaven above Below the Virgin is an heraldic escutcheon showing the arms of the Drapers Company Azure three clouds radiated proper each adorned with a triple crown or with the very rarely surviving pre-Reformation angel supporters the Virgin being the patroness of the Drapers Company own photo Lobsterthermidor <span class signature-talk ></span> 12 31 13 April 2016 UTC Photo 2014 Coats of arms of Drapers Company St Peter's Church Tiverton Sculptures of the Assumption of Mary | ||||
