Holy Trinity Cathedral

Edward VII Bible

Date: 1856 Name of donor: Prince Albert Edward (Future King Edward VII)Event commemorated: The visit of Prince Albert Edward to the Cathedral in 1860 Maker: Eyre & Spottiswood, London, United Kingdom This Bible, given to the Cathedral by the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII) when he visited Quebec City in 1860, gives us a better idea of the original state of the leather-bound volumes that were given to the Cathedral earlier in the century by King George III.

Mary Magdalen window

Date: Around 1869 People memorialized: Mary Charlotte Norman Young Maker: Unknown

Annunciation window

Date: Around 1906 Name of the donor: William Frost Wood People memorialized: Robert Wood, Charlotte Gray and William Frost Wood Maker: Heaton, Butler and Bayne, London, United Kingdom

Railing-kneeler

Date: Around 1997 People memorialized: Robert C. Belleville IV Maker: Unknown Note: Robert C. Belleville IV was assistant priest of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity

The English bells

The Coat of Arms of the Anglican Church of Canada

Argent on a cross Gules between four maple leaves Vert, an open book Argent, garnished and clasped Or, inscribed NISI DOMINUS in letters Sable, and ensigned with a mitre Or. The red cross on white are the arms attributed to Saint George (patron saint of England) and associated with the Church of England and the Anglican Communion. The four green maple leaves refer to the four ecclesiastical provinces of Canada. The open Bible showing the Latin words NISI DOMINUS beneath the bishop’s mitre recalls the Rt. Rev. Charles Inglis (1734–1816), first Bishop of Nova Scotia and first bishop of Canada. These words were his personal motto, taken from Psalm 127:1, Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam (Unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain who build it). The arms date from 1908 and were designed by Edward Marion Chadwick, Toronto lawyer and heraldist. The Bible and mitre were added in 1938 when use of the Coat of Arms was granted to the General Synod.

Jacob Mountain monument

Date: ca. 1825 Name of donors: Wife and children of Bishop Jacob Mountain, first Bishop Anglican of Quebec Person memorialized: Bishop Jacob Mountain (1749–1825) Artist: Nicholls (first name unknown). Translation of Latin inscription:Here lies The Right Reverend Jacob Mountain, S.T.P. (Sanctae Theologiae Professor or Professor of Sacred Theology) Bishop of Quebec, Founder of the Anglican Church in Canada, Died A.D. 1825 Lived 75 years Bishop for 33; Priest who pursued his divine duty Prompt, faithful, tireless. In memory Of a noble man And beloved This marble was raised By the wife and children Who survive him.

Moses’ window

Date : Around 1884 People memorialized : Henry Black and George O’Kill Stuart Maker: Unknown

Archbishop’s Chair

Date: Unknown People and events memorialized: In 2016, this chair was dedicated to the friendship between the Roman Catholic and Anglican bishops of Quebec His Eminence Gérald Cyprien Cardinal Lacroix and Bishop Dennis Drainville.

Old Casavant console

Date: 1909 This organ console was built by Casavant Frères in 1909 as part of a restoration of the gallery organ, built by Samuel Warren in 1884. In 1926, the console was moved to the front of the church, in the chancel. When it was replaced by a new console built by Hill, Norman & Beard in 1959, the old one was returned to the organ loft.

Bells' Restauration

In 2006, two experts from the Whitechapel Bell Foundry came from London to take down the bells and send them back for restoration to the Foundry where they had been cast. The bells were repaired, retuned, and rehung using a new rotation system with custom-designed wheels with bearings. The Foundry also built a new steel bell frame like those they had built for Westminster Abbey and Saint Martin-in-the-Fields.

The Good Wife’s window (2)

Date: Around 1880 People memorialized: Agnes Campbell Maker: Cottier & Coy, London and New York

Donation

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David’s window

Date : Around 1894 People memorialized : Trevor Amherst Hale Maker: J. C. Spence & Son, Montreal, Canada Artist: John R. Bird

Cathedra

The bells

Date: After 1846 People and component memorialized: Bishop George Jehoshaphat Mountain - Champlain’s Elm Maker: Unknown Note: This tree was so old that, according to oral tradition, Samuel de Champlain, founder of Quebec City, smoked a peace pipe with Indigenous people under its branches. The tree was badly damaged in a storm in 1845 and then again, the following year. It was finally cut down and some of the wood was used to make the bishop’s throne.

Young Jesus teaching in the temple window

Date: 1912 People memorialized: Charles Smith and Louisa Scott Maker: unknown

The Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Quebec

At the top is the bishop’s mitre. The shield is divided into two sections, blue above and red below. A wavy line represents the ocean between Quebec and England, the mother country. The lion of England holds a key symbolizing the sovereign’s sacred confidence in the bishop. The subordination of the bishop to the Archbishop of Canterbury is symbolized by the four crosses of the archbishop’s coat of arms. The book with the bishop’s crosier is an emblem of the role of the bishop in spreading the Gospel.

Baptismal Font

The Good Wife window (1)

Date: Around 1894 Name of the donor: Edwin Allen Jones (probably) People memorialized: Mary, wife of Edwin Allen Jones Maker: J. C. Spence & Sons, Montreal, Canada Artist : John R. Bird

Book of Common Prayer

Date: 1803 Name of the donor: King George III Event commemorated: Consecration of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Maker: Clarendon Press par Dawson, Bentley and Cooke, London, United Kingdom Through constant use over the years, this Book of Common Prayer has become worn and has lost some of its lustre. The prayer books given to the Cathedral by George III are bound in leather and stamped with His Majesty’s Arms.

The Good Samaritan window

Date: Around 1862 People memorialized: Archibald Campbell Maker: Unknown

The Royal Communion Service of Quebec

Almost certainly designed by Jean-Jacques Boileau, an artist from France in the employ of Rundell and Bridge, the Communion Service was made by silversmiths Joseph Preedy and Philip Cornman between 1802 and 1804. The King’s gift, however, did not finally reach Quebec City until 1809 - the year that the British celebrated the 50th anniversary of George III’s reign. By that time, sadly, the King had been stricken with a mental illness from which he would never recover.

Stone from Glastonbury Abbey

Date: 542 AD This unidentified block of stone in the Cathedral porch comes from Glastonbury Abbey in England. Oral tradition relates that the abbey was founded in 63 AD and is the oldest above- ground church in the world. The abbey ruins have been linked to the legends of King Arthur, Joseph of Arimathea’s visit to England, and the Holy Grail, and are the remains of several reconstructions from 712 to 1213. The abbey ruins were bought by the Diocese of Bath and Wells in 1908 and the historic site is run by a Church of England trust.

An Exceptional Patron of the Arts and Sciences

George III is usually remembered as the “mad monarch” and the king who lost the 13 colonies during the American Revolution. But George III, who in fact suffered only from brief bouts of mental illness during most of his 60-year reign, was also an exceptional patron of the arts and sciences. The Royal Academy was established thanks to his generosity, and he was the patron of such important artists as Thomas Gainsborough, and eminent scientists, like the astronomer William Herschel. George III also created one of the most important private libraries in Europe. Housed in the Queen’s house, which later became Buckingham Palace, it was open to scholars and was intended to be a national resource. Always fascinated by the work of artists and craftsmen, George III made regular visits to The Royal Bindery, to watch his bookbinders as they bound his books in fine leather and stamped them in gold with the His Majesty’s Arms. Today, the 65,000 richly bound volumes of the King’s Library are conserved in a spectacular glass tower, six storeys high, in the heart of the British Library.

Ascension window

Date: 1864 People memorialized: Bishop George Jehoshaphat Mountain Maker: Clutterbuck and Sons, London, United Kingdom Note: First stained-glass window installed in the cathedral. It contains the biblical scenes of the Baptism of Christ, the Ascension, and the Transfiguration. The four evangelists are represented by their tetramorphs.

Chest

Date: 1809 Name of the donor: King George III Event commemorated: Consecration of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Maker: Unknown This wooden chest was used to transport the Communion Service from London, England, to the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in 1809.

Nativity Window

Date: 1910 People memorialized: Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière and his wife Margaretta Josepha Gowen. Maker: Clayton & Bell, London, United KingdomNote: Joly de Lotbinière, only Protestant premier in the history of the province of Quebec, was born to a Protestant family in Épernay, France. He converted to Anglicanism in Quebec before marrying his wife, whose family were members of the Cathedral parish.

Lectern

Date : 1895 Name of the donor: Anglican Diocese of Quebec People memorialized: Bishop James William Williams Maker: Hart, Son, Peard & Co, London and Birmingham, United Kingdom

Altarpiece of St. Matthew’s Chapel

Date: Unknown Name of donor: Husband of Margaret May Teakle People memorialized: Margaret May Teakle Maker: Unknown

Chalice of the Garrison of Quebec

Date: 1763 Name of the donor: King George III Maker: Thomas Hemming

The hymn board

The hymn boards, mounted on the columns above the chancel, list the hymns that will be sung during the service. The hymns are indicated by their number in the hymnal, which allows the congregation to prepare in advance. Individual number panels are slid into the slots before the service.

Gallery organ

This is the Cathedral’s third organ. The first two were given or sold to other churches (the first still exists and can be seen and heard at the church of Saint-Louis de Lotbinière, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence). It was built 1884–1885 by Canadian organ builder Samuel Warren and enlarged in 1909 by Casavant Frères. It was finally restored in 1959 by Hill, Norman & Beard, of London. The old Casavant console no longer works, and several decades ago the organ was electrically wired and now the organist plays on a console behind the pews in the chancel.

The Good Shepherd window

Date: Around 1863 Name of the donor: Clara Symes, Marchioness of Bassano (later Duchesse of Bassano) People memorialized: George Burns Symes Maker: Clutterbuck and Sons, London, United Kingdom

Samuel’s window

Date: Around 1898 People memorialized: Timothy H. Dunn and Margarat Turner Maker: J. C. Spence & Sons, Montreal, Canada Artist: John R. Bird

Adoration of the Magi window

Date: Around 1906 Name of donor: William Frost People memorialized: Robert Wood and Charlotte Gray Maker: Heaton Butler & Bayne, London, United Kingdom

Altar Cross

Date: Between 1892 and 1913 Name of the donor: Bishop Lennox Waldron Williams People memorialized: Bishop James William Williams and Anne Maria Waldron Maker: Hart, Son, Peard & Co, London et Birmingham, United Kingdom

Crucifixion window

Date: around 1899 People memorialized: Evan John Price Maker: J. C. Spence & Sons, Montreal, Canada

Royal Pew

The Royal Pew, on the balcony over the pulpit, is reserved for the reigning monarch of Great Britain, the Royal Family or their representatives. It has not been in use for several decades – the governors general preferring to stay in the people’s pews. When Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh last visited in 1987, they too preferred not to look down on the faithful and chose instead two armchairs placed in the centre aisle.

Apparition at the empty tomb window

Date: Around 1904 Name of the donor: Bishop Andrew Hunter Dunn Event commemorated: Centennial of the consecration of the cathedral in 1904 Maker: J. C. Spence & Sons, Montreal, Canada Artist: John R. Bird

The King and his Goldsmiths

George III appointed Rundell and Bridge Royal Goldsmiths in 1797. The firm went on to serve four successive monarchs and became the most important goldsmiths and jewellers of their time. The many prestigious assignments undertaken for the Royal Family by Rundell and Bridge included the creation of the Imperial State Crown used for the coronation of Queen Victoria.

Joseph in Egypt window

Date: around 1894 People memorialized: William Godfrey Würtele Maker: J. C. Spence & Sons, Montreal, Canada Artist: John R. Bird

Statuette of St. George slaying the dragon

Date: Between 1891 and 1899 Name of donor: Mrs. William M. Massey to the St. George Society of Quebec in 1937 Person memorialized: William M. Massey Artist: Emmanuel Frémiet (1824–1910) Note: This bronze was first given by the St. George Society of New York to M. William M. Massey in 1899. The sculptor exhibited the first version of this bronze at the Salon de Paris in 1891, and the first dedication is dated 1899. The original was bought by the French state in 1891, and kept with its wax model at the Musée d’Orsay. A large-scale version, cast by Thiébaut, was exhibited at the Exposition Universelle de Paris in 1900 and then at the Petit Palais in 1902. It is currently in storage in Barentin, Seine-Maritime, Normandy.

Tetragrammaton

The name of God in Hebrew, prominent on the ceiling above the sanctuary, seems surprising, but is found in many churches, including Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields in London. The inscription recalls the origins of Christianity to Judaism and to the Old Testament.

Cornelius the centurion window

Date: around 1896 People memorialized: William Rae Maker: J. C. Spence & Sons, Montreal, Canada Artist: John R. Bird

Pilgrimage to Emmaus window

Date: Around 1893 People memorialized: John Brown Maker: Unknown

Pews in the upper gallery

These pews without backrests were for the coach drivers who brought the most distinguished parishioners to the Cathedral.

Presentation at the temple window

Date: Around 1900 People memorialized: Edwin Allen Jones Maker: Heaton, Butler and Bayne, London, United Kingdom

Great organ console

Date: 1959 Person and event memorialized: Bishop Lennox Waldron Williams, bicentenary of the founding of the Anglican community of Quebec. Makers: Hill, Norman & Beard, London, United Kingdom Note: This console replaced one built by Casavant Frères in 1909. It was built in 1959 to commemorate the bicentenary of the founding of the Anglican congregation in Quebec. It was designed by Hill, Norman & Beard, UK, as part of a campaign to restore the gallery organ.

St. Matthew’s Chapel

It was probably around 1978 that the altarpiece and pews from the old St. Matthew's Church were donated to the cathedral. The altarpiece came from a side altar in St. Matthew’s.

Pentecost window

Date: Around 1906 Name of donor: William Frost Wood People memorialized:

Noli me Tangere window

Date : Unknown Name of donor: John Brown People memorialized: Lucy Selina Brown Maker: Uniknown

Prie-dieu

Date: Late 19th century / early 20th century This prie-dieu was designed by architect Sir Mervyn E. Macartney (1853–1932) and manufactured in the ateliers of Maides & Harper of Croydon. The carving on the front, representing the Trinity, is by English sculptor Esmond Burton.

Annunciation to the Shepherd window

Date: Around 1902 People memorialized: Richard Reid Dobell Maker: J. C. Spence & Sons, Montréal, Canada (probably) Artist: John R. Bird

Box pews

Originally the box pews were rented out. They were numbered and had doors with locks. The most expensive were in the middle of the church closest to the chancel and the pulpit. Parishioners unable to pay the very high rents had to worship further back or in the side aisle pews. The renting of Cathedral pews was abolished in 1899.

Pulpit

A Superb Silver Communion Service by the Royal Goldsmiths Rundell and Bridge

The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity was the first Anglican Cathedral built outside the British Isles, erected between 1800 and 1804 at the expense of the Crown. While it was under construction, King George III commissioned the Royal Goldsmiths, Rundell and Bridge, to create an exceptional 10-piece silver Communion Service for the new Cathedral. The altar candlesticks, chalices and other elements are richly adorned, bearing the Arms of the King and of the Diocese of Quebec. This Communion Service is one of the finest examples of Georgian silver ever made. Truly a royal gift!

Chamber Organ

Date: 1790 Donor: Anonymous Event memorialized: Bicentenary of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in 2004. Maker: George Pike England, of John England & Son, London, United Kingdom Restoration: Hellmuth Wolff. Montreal, Canada The chamber organ was built in 1790 by England & Son of Tottenham Court Road, London. In 1811, it was installed at Oakes Park, Sheffield, Yorkshire, the estate of Sir William Bagshawe, in an alcove in his dining room. Bagshawe was a doctor and a great friend of Joseph Haydn, and tradition has it that the composer played the instrument and may have composed some pieces on it. The organ was bought at auction by Ontario collector Gordon Jeffries in the early 1980s and shipped to London, Ontario. When Jeffries died, the foundation responsible for disposing of the instruments in his collection gave the organ to the City of Montreal. The city left it in storage with organmaker Hellmuth Wolff. In 2004, the organ was purchased and its restoration by Wolff was paid for by an anonymous donor who gave it to Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Copy of the Canterbury Cross

Date: 1932–1935 This was a gift from the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral. Its stone setting comes from Christ Church, Canterbury, and the cross is a copy of one found under a street in Canterbury in 1867. The original, a silver-plated brooch, was allegedly made in Kent in the eighth century. In 1932, copies of the cross were affixed to tablets of Canterbury stone and sent to every Anglican diocese in the world. Translation of Latin inscription: This cross is a copy of one perhaps made in Kent the eighth century. It is set in stone from the walls of Christ Church, Canterbury. An emblem of salvation and a sign of friendship, it is given to this cathedral by the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral. A.D. 1935.

Pews

Date: Unknown Name of donor: St. Mattew’s Church Maker: Unknown

Mattew’ window

Date: Unknown (The company was founded in 1862 et dissolved in 1953) People memorialized: Unknown Maker: Heaton, Butler & Bayne, London, United Kingdom