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Location in Church: | Nave S (E) |
Type: | 2 lights |
Size (width x height): | 3' 2" x 8' 7" or 0.97m x 2.61m |
Subject(s): | Tudor Rose, Mercury's staff, St Luke, Robin, St Martin,
Haystacks, Plough, Cowslip, Garden of Gethsemene - Christ & Mary Magdalene, Wren, Flowers - roses, petunias, sweet williams, lily
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Date Made: | 1986 |
Craftsman: | Edward R Payne, Maker |
Sources for Dates & Craftsmen: | Makers Mark |
Dedicated to: | Mona Joyce Brown, nee Harris |
Donated by: | Dr Paul Brown |
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Notes on Window: | The window was given by Dr Paul Brown in memory of his wife Mona Joyce Brown. Dr Brown was a local Doctor, and his wife was a member of the Harris family of farmers. The window portrays their life and interests, his on the left, and hers on the right. |
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Window in Situ
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Overall View of Glass
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Two main scenes in the centre of the two lights
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Tracery at top: Tudor Rose symolising Unity, and also Divine Creative Beauty and Love.
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LH light: Mercury's staff, symbol of the medical profession. It could also represent the serpent on the staff of Moses, at the healing of the Israelites
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LH light: Initials of Dr and Mrs Brown
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LH light: St Luke, the Beloved Physician, shown in his workroom
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LH light: Close-up of St Luke pouring medicine from a bottle into a phial, with other tools of the trade on his table
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LH light: A robin
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LH light: St Martin giving half his cloak to a beggar. This can also be related to John Westcar whose 1832 bequest provided clothes for the poor of the parish of Cublington
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RH light: Three haystacks and a plough reflecting Mrs Brown's farming background
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RH light: A cowslip
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RH light: The scene in the Garden of Gethsemane, with Mary Magdalene and the Risen Christ. Mrs Brown's keen interest in gardening is recalled with the flowering cherry tree, shrub, and bluebells
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RH light: Close-up of scene in the Garden of Gethsemane
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RH light: A Wren
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RH light: Flowers remembering Mrs Brown's gardening skills, including roses, petunias, sweet-williams, and a lily
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Makers Mark
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