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My grandmother on Thanksgiving when my dad was little. Check out the vertical scrunchies on the windows. Was that really a thing in 1960? And I have never before seen my grandmother wear flats. She always wore heels. She had two closets full of heels.
East window of the south aisle at Ibstock c1970s.
The church of St Denis stands in semi isolation on the fringe of the large village of Ibstock. It is an impressive building dating mainly from the 14th century, dominated by a sturdy steeple at the west end. Inside there is a good mixture of glass from late 19th to mid 20th century dates and the building is clearly well used and cared for.
The church is normally locked outside of services, but we were given an especially warm welcome here by the ladies on stewarding duty whilst the church was open for the day.
"What can I give thee back, O liberal
And princely giver, who hast brought the gold
And purple of thine heart, unstained, untold,
And laid them on the outside of the wall
For such as I to take or leave withal,
In unexpected largesse? am I cold,
Ungrateful, that for these most manifold
High gifts, I render nothing back at all?
Not so; not cold,--but very poor instead.
Ask God who knows. For frequent tears have run
The colours from my life, and left so dead
And pale a stuff, it were not fitly done
To give the same as pillow to thy head.
Go farther! let it serve to trample on."
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning ~
1806–1861
Sonnet VIII
More photographs in the Rosslyn Chapel Set with information on history, architecture, ghosts and legends under various photographs.
Information on dimensions of chapel here.
Restorations over the years here
Ghosts and Legends here and here
The famous 'Apprentice Pillar' here
Investigation into 'codes' here
Rosslyn Chapel, situated in Midlothian near Edinburgh, Scotland, was founded 1446, some say by the Knights Templar.
Among other things, it has been claimed to be the home of the Ark of the Covenant, the real Stone of Destiny, the heart of Robert Bruce, and even the head of Jesus Christ. It is believed by some that elements of the decorative stonework in the chapel can be decoded to give a secret message. None of these claims have been substantiated.
For the interested, further information can be found on the Rosslyn Templars website:
and the Official Rosslyn Chapel website at:
www.rosslynchapel.org.uk/htm/architecture.htm
Recently the chapel has had a revival of interest following Dan Brown's novel 'The Da Vinci Code'
Illustrations of St. Mary's College, two miters, and a crosier represent the first diocesan seminary, founded by Cardinal John Carroll, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first bishop of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States.
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The reinforced concrete construction of the Our Lady of Czestochowa Church is supported by huge posts leaning against the front wall and on pillars connected to the apse. Because of this, it was possible to design great stained-glass compositions measuring forty by fifty feet. This monumental work is considered one of the largest in the United States. Entering the shrine, the history of America unfolds to the right, on the east wall, while on the left, on the west wall, is depicted in beautiful colors the 1000 year history of Poland. Each of the stained-glass windows has seventy-five panels.
The subject of the composition of the stained-glass windows was designed by Father Michael Zembrzuski, architect Jerzy Szeptycki, and their co-workers. The artistic composition was done by Jerzy T. Bialecki from Morristown, New Jersey.
In 1966, Jerzy T. Bialecki began work on the stained-glass window project at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown. His project was accepted by the Willet Studio of Stained Glass Windows in Philadelphia, which produced all the stained-glass windows under the direction of the designer. Mr. Bialecki died in 1987. He is buried in the honor section of the Cemetery of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown.
National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa - 654 Ferry Road in Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901 - Google Map Additional views
The millennium window, St Mary's parish church, Carlton, Beds. It is the work of John Lawson of Goddard & Gibbs Studio. Giant tongue of flame, representing the Holy Spirit, come down on the community, past and present. In each light is a symbol - the cross for faith, the anchor for hope and the heart for charity.
St Ann, Manchester, 1709-12.
Memorial Window to the Rt Rev James Fraser (1818-1885), Bishop of Manchester 1870-85.
Designed by Frederic James Shields (1833-1911).
Made by Heaton Butler & Bayne, 1889.
Detail.
Clement Heaton (1824-1882).
James Butler (1830-1913).
Robert Turnill Bayne (1837-1915).
Clement Heaton, the son of a Methodist minister in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, was in 1851 a glass painter for William Holland of Warwick. He was in London by 1853 and briefly in business alone before going into partnership with James Butler in 1855. Around 1860 the two briefly shared premises with Clayton and Bell, an association of lasting importance, as the third member of the firm, Robert Turnill Bayne, who was also from Warwick and became chief designer in 1862, was an employee of theirs. Heaton pioneered the use of softer colours, but Bayne’s advent brought the firm to widespread attention. Most of their earlier glass was gothic in style, but the firm adapted to later influences, notably that of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The firm was used widely by Sir Arthur Blomfield, but in later years less of its output was glass for churches. Heaton’s son Clement John joined for a short time, but fell out with his partners. The firm continued until 1953 under descendants of other partners, after which most of its archives were destroyed for lack of interest.
Amongst other important commissions, Frederic Shields designed the windows in the Chancel of St Ann's Church, Manchester. He drew out a complete scheme for the church's stained glass based upon the theme of a Shepherd. The east windows behind the altar and the north and south aisles all have this theme, and were the work of Heaton, Butler & Bayne.
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HDR image.
No idea what the building was but it looked good for a photo.
Copenhangen Waterfront.Denmark.
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What better way to celebrate window Wednesday than to stand in a window doing the Wednesday Dance. In the red picture frame is Jenna Ortega who plays Wednesday Addams in the hit Netflix series Wednesday and originated the dance.
I do not do the dance nearly as well, but I do have a cool mask and hat.
We're Here shakes it out to Window Wednesday.
See the Wednesday dance here:
I started a series on my blog called "My Neighborhood" that focuses on some of the characters and things in my neck of the woods in Manhattan, the East Village. I include a few things that aren't necessarily there.
The cathedral of St Etienne in Chalons sur Marne (renamed the more tourist friendly Chalons en Champagne in 1998) is unusual amongst French cathedrals in that it barely registers on the city's skyline, having no major tower or spire (the two pyramid capped belfries on the transepts barely extend above roof level). There once was a lofty steeple over the crossing, but this collapsed in the 17th century, damaging the choir which still betrays baroque alterations to this day, as does the west facade completed at this time (which looks oddly stuck on to the gothic structure behind).
The bulk of the cathedral dates from the 13th & 14th centuries and the nave posseses some fine stained glass from both ends of the gothic era.