Stained Glass

Stained glass

walwyn Tue, 03/31/2009 - 00:11

 

Stained glass in churches in the UK and France.

Temptation of Jesus - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 11/11/2011 - 22:02

In the east arcade of the cloisters are two windows depicting the temptation of Christ. These windows were made in the 1860s by John Hardman and Co.

The Annunciation and Visitation by Bertin Duval (1531) - Alençon France

walwyn Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:20

Annunciation and Visitation

 

 

'The Annunciation and Visitation' is a stunning Gothic-style stained glass window created by the master glass painter Bertin Duval in 1531. It is located in the Notre-Dame Basilica (Basilique Notre-Dame) in Alençon, Normandy, France

The Death and Assumption of the Virgin - Bourges Cathedral

walwyn Thu, 07/11/2024 - 23:34

 

 

Created in 1619 this late Death and Assumption of the Virgin stained glass window is in Bourges Cathedral France.

The Last Judgement

walwyn Fri, 07/15/2011 - 20:49

 

This medieval window in the chancel of Tewkesbury dates from 1338. The main panels depicts the Last Judgement, and the Coronation of the Virgin is the subject of the rose window.

 

 

 

 

The Millennium Windows at Orléans Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 10/18/2025 - 21:16

Angels either side of a radiant chalice

 

 

 

Pierre Carron’s Millennium Windows at Orléans Cathedral stand as luminous meditations on creation, light, and faith renewed at the turn of the twenty-first century. Set within the soaring Gothic tracery of the cathedral, they bridge centuries of sacred art by merging medieval structure with a modern painter’s vision.

Tours Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 09/17/2012 - 20:24

 

The stained glass windows in this section are all from the chancel and choir clerestory of Saint Gatien's Cathedral in Tours. They all date from the between 1250 and 1300 and are contemporary with the rebuilding of the chancel between 1236-1279. The windows in the apse are the earlier and date between 1250-1260, whilst those in the clerestory were installed in the last part of the 13th century.

 

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