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  • Churches,  Glass,  Panel of the month,  Stained Glass

    Panel of the Month – June 2017

    28th June 2017 /

    Hope Panel 3b, window sVII of St. George’s Church, Anstey, Hertfordshire – 1907 This panel contains a personification of Hope and is one of three figures in a three light window containing virtues. The other figures depicted are Charity and faith. “It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” Secondly, from a temporal perspective, love lasts, while “Hope isn’t hope if its object is seen”, and faith gives way to possession. Iconography In this depiction Hope looks heavenward apparently fulfilling her namesake virtue and hoping for a divine union and eternal happiness in the afterlife. She holds an anchor, which is one of her many…

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    Panel of the Month – March 2017

    6th March 2017 /

    St. Catherine Panel 3b from window nVII of St. Martin-cum-Gregory in York – c.1330 The panel depicts St. Catherine standing in a painted, architectural niche with an elaborate canopy – a common medieval design used to harmonise the colourful painted pictures with the surrounding stone walls. The glass itself is vibrant with colour running through the glass itself and not painted on, (pot-metal glass) with strong grisaille paintwork (black/brown paint) typical of its period. The borders of this panel contain a repeated merchant mark and the letter ‘R’. This mark belonged to Richard Toller who was a notable merchant in Micklegate, York and founded a chantry in St. Martin-cum-Gregory in…

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    Panel of the Month – February 2017

    14th February 2017 /

    Panel of the Month  – February 2017 (Please click the image for more detail) Detail of panel 3b from the West window of All Saints’ Church in Stamford. The panel shows St. John the Evangelist leading a grieving Virgin Mary away from the scene of the crucifixion. He looks at her with sadness and tenderness. The tears are visible on Mary’s face in this image but are hard to see with a naked eye in the window itself. The window in question is a huge and very striking Victorian masterpiece by Clayton and Bell. It was created in 1888 and presented to the church by Mr. Edward Ingersoll Browne of…

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