Stained Glass of Buckinghamshire Churches
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Important Church Note: | Also known as Gerrards Cross |
Location in Church: | Nave N (C) |
Type: | 4 lights |
Size (width x height): | 7' 1" x 9' 6" or 2.16m x 2.90m |
Subject(s): | Melchizedek & St Peter,
Simeon,
Virgin & Child,
Ezekiel & St Paul.
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Subject(s) - Notes: | The main theme of the window is The Presentation in the Temple. |
Date Faculty Granted: | 9 August 1926 |
Date Made: | 1926 |
Craftsman: | Henry Victor Milner, Maker |
Craftsman - Notes: | This is one of 4 windows in this church by Henry Victor Milner. |
Sources for Dates & Craftsmen: | Faculty in Oxford Diocesan Archive |
Dedicated to: | Robert Strickland More... |
Donated by: | The Strickland family |
Notes on Window: | All 3 windows on the North wall are by the same maker, and have similar designs. |
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Window in Situ
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Diagram of people depicted in Windows 07 & 08 & 09.
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Overall View of Glass
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Tracery with 3 angels holding scrolls with a quotation from Luke 2:29, the Song of Simeon (or Nunc dimittis).
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Centre 2 lights: Presentation in the Temple, Mary presents the baby Jesus to Simeon in the Temple in Jerusalem. This Simeon can be known as Holy Simeon, or Simeon the God-Receiver.
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Centre 2 lights: The Quotation below the Presentation is from Luke 2:26.
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Centre 2 lights: The Quotation above the Presentation scene is from Malachi 3:1.
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Centre 2 lights: At the base are 2 angels each holding a shield, bearing the Latin and Greek symbols (IHS & XPC) for Jesus.
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LH light top: Melchizedek (abbreviated to Melchizk). He was a Hebrew priest and King of Salem, his quoutation is from Genesis 14:18. This scene is narrower than all the others as it is an opening window.
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LH light base: St Peter, holding his keys, as usual.
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RH light top: Ezekiel, a Hebrew prophet who carries an inscription form his own writings, Ezekiel 6:10.
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RH light base: St Paul, holding the highly decorated "Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God" (Ephesians 6:17).
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RH light base: Detail of St Paul's feet, presumably the evidence for criticism of the artist mentioned for window 07.
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Inscription across base of window, to Robert Strickland, 1848-1925.
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Stained Glass of Buckinghamshire Churches
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