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In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significance
A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church ... were of solitary white male figures, including one of Christ as “Salvator Mundi,” or Savior of the World. Christ is rigid, staring ...
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Stained Glass
In the windows at the west end of the aisles of the nave are composite figures made of fragments of early glass. These figures are thought to represent St Edward and Edward the "Black" Prince. Around ...
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Gargoyles, stained glass and the spire: How Notre-Dame was restored
From the spire to the stained glass, it has been completely transformed ... These include the "Mays" – massive scenes from the life of Christ which were an annual gift to the cathedral in ...
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Church’s stained-glass windows commemorate victims of Grenfell fire
Susan Grey views the artist Mark Cazalet’s depictions of Christ’s baptism and a Samaritan woman This January, commemorating ...
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RAF Chapel
The stained glass window, by Hugh Easton, contains the badges of the fighter squadrons that took part in the Battle. In four panels are shown visions which symbolize the Redemption. In one a squadron ...