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 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.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Townshend, Caroline

walwyn Sun, 09/13/2009 - 16:08

 

 

Caroline Charlotte Townshend (1878-1944) was the daughter of the Suffragette Emily Townshend. She created the Fabian window from a design by George Bernard Shaw in 1910. After the first world war she set up home with her partner Joan Howson.

 

 

Traherne Memorial - Hereford Cathederal

walwyn Mon, 03/01/2010 - 23:48

 

 

 

Memorial to English Metaphysical poet Thomas Traherne (1637-74) by Tom Denny, Audley Chapel, Hereford Cathederal.

 

 

 

 

Transfiguration - Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

walwyn Sun, 11/21/2010 - 22:44

 

Made in 1895 by Burlison & Grylls this Transfiguration scene was give to St Etheldreda and St Wilfred church, Guilsborough by Lady Cicely Clifton. Time has not been kind to this window with a number of the faces and clothing fading.

 

 

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