Stained Glass Windows - The East Window
Click on the image to see a larger photo of the East Window.
The Three Marys, the Crucifixion and St. John, St. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus
The
left light has four angels at Christ's head and the figures of Mary,
Mary Magdalene and Mary Clophas at the foot of the Cross.
The
central light has a half-profile of Christ on the Cross, ministered
by nine angels.
The
right light has four similar angels at Christ's head and figures of
St. John, St. Joseph
of Arimathea and Nicodemus at the foot. The figures in the roundels
above the main lights are also of interest.
The Roundels
In
the top, four-foil, tracery roundels there are five winged minstrels
playing bells, again from designs by Burne-Jones.
In
the two, three-foil, tracery windows there are six winged minstrels
playing a dulcimer, a harp, a violin, a bulbed pipe, a portative organ,
and a double pipe; the first five were designed by William Morris and
the last by Burne-Jones.
The Subscription
The window has the subscription: "qui
peccata nostra ipse pertulit in corpore suo super lignum"
(who bore our sins in his body on the cross).
© Robin Gard
© Sacred Heart RC Church, North Gosforth,
2005-2008
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