This early 13th-century lancet depicts St Thomas the Apostle, shown standing beneath an architectural canopy and framed by the characteristic red–blue geometric border used throughout the Bourges clerestory. His figure is rendered in the elongated, linear style associated with the first glazing campaign of the cathedral — a moment when apostolic iconography had not yet settled into its later, standardised forms.
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One of the apostles of Jesus, noted for having questioned the Resurrection.
See "The Golden Legend" for the medieval life of saint Thomas.
This tympanum (c1250) is dedicated to the life of Saint Thomas. A rare subject for a tympanum it is located above the right portal of the Cathedral of Poitiers.
This panel forms part of the fine brass monument commemorating Laurence St Maur (d1337), a work of delicate medieval craftsmanship and deep devotional symbolism. At its centre stands the figure of Abraham, robed in solemn majesty. His right hand is raised in benediction, bestowing a gesture of eternal peace, while in his left he holds a globe — a symbol of divine dominion and the heavenly kingdom to which the faithful soul ascends.
This image of Doubting Thomas is probably mid 14th century. It was discovered in 1846, in the north transept of Saint Albans Cathedral beneath whitewash.
This vivid panel forms part of the Resurrection window installed between 1467 and 1469 in Évreux Cathedral. It depicts the moment of the Incredulity of Saint Thomas, when the apostle places his finger into the wound in Christ’s side, affirming the reality of the Resurrection.
Stained glass panels depicting St James and St Thomas. These panels (1475-1480) are two of the lancet windows below rose window in the south transept of Evreux Cathedral.
Medieval stained glass depicting six of the twelve apostles at Great Malver Priory.
From left to right are Saint Thomas, Saint James the Greater, Saint Peter, Saint John, Saint Andrew, and Saint Philip.
Part of the choir screen at Chartres Cathedral this image of Doubting Thomas, dated 1610, is by Thomas Boudin.
Stained glass depicting St Thomas at St Mary's church Fawsley, Northamptonshire.
This dynamic low-relief panel, created around 1700, portrays the martyrdom of Saint Thomas, one of the apostles. Executed in a refined Baroque idiom, the relief is set within the richly decorated interior of San Gaetano, a theatine church in Florence known for its dramatic sculptural ensembles.
These four Victorian stained glass panels, by Clayton and Bell, are in the quire clerestory of Gloucester cathedral. The panels show four of the disciples St Matthew, St Thomas, St James, and St Thaddaeus.
Saint John and Saint Thomas Basilica of St. Thérèse of Lisieux mid 20th century mosaic.