Description of the
stained glass window at Trinity Hale by David
Stratton
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The window is in three panels, the
centre panel a little taller than the others. Each has a semicircular
top to match the shape of the recess in which the whole window is set.
At the tops of the panels are figures of Faith (on the left), Hope
(on the right) and Charity (centre). The effect is that Charity is raised
a little above the other two, in accordance with 1 Corinthians 13 xiii
: "The greatest of these is Charity." Flanking Jesus in the side panels we see two of the Evangelists,
to our left of Jesus St John, and to our right St Matthew. Each holds
a book open to display a text from his gospel, which he indicates with
a finger. At the bottom of the window, beneath each evangelist is the winged
creature which is his traditional symbol, shown in a roundel: an eagle
for St John; and a man for St Matthew. Christ's red garment and golden nimbus are typical of Byzantine art. The background is a naturalistic one of trees and hills, perhaps more suggestive of England than the Holy Land. The two Evangelists wear stylised priestly vestments. The background continues the theme of trees and hills, so that the scene reads across all three panels as being set in a single symbolic landscape. There is evidence of a repair at the bottom of the window, in the middle of the last line of the dedication. At the other end of the building a roundel containing the Star of David is to be seen in several windows. This was a common motif at the time, meant to symbolise the fact that we approach the Christian Gospel through the Old Testament. |
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