Stained Glass of Buckinghamshire Churches
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Location in Church: | East |
Type: | 3 lights |
Size (width x height): | 5' 7" x 10' 8" or 1.70m x 3.26m |
Subject(s): | The church is dedicated to Saints Mary and Nicholas, who feature in the outer lights of the window.
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Date Made: | 1888 |
Craftsman: | Ward & Hughes, Maker |
Sources for Dates & Craftsmen: | Builder: 20/Oct/1888 Makers Mark |
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Makers Mark - Notes: | The Makers Mark includes the date 1888. |
Notes on Window: | The Vicar's wife raised money for this window to be installed at the time of the church's restoration. |
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Window in Situ
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Overall View of Glass
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Tracery lights, with Alpha and Omega on the far left and right, representing the Beginning and the End.
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The 3 main lights, with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Christ in Majesty, and St Nicholas.
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The 3 main figures, the church is dedicated to St Mary and St Nicholas, after the original two churches in Saunderton.
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Centre light: Christ in Majesty, with a censer below the steps to his throne.
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Centre light: Close up showing Christ with one hand raised in blessing, and the other holding an orb and cross, known as a 'Globus cruciger'.
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Centre light: A close look at the golden incense censer. Although just a small part of the East Window, it has some very fine detail. Here you can see two angels on the top, and more around the middle holding the chains that support the censer in use.
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LH light: The Blessed Virgin Mary, holding a lily and a book.
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LH light: Closer view of the BVM.
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RH light: St Nicholas
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RH light: St Nicholas holding three bags of gold, from one of the legends of his life.
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RH light: A child beside St Nicholas who became the patron saint of children.
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Base of window with panels featuring M for Mary, a Christogram, and N for Nicholas.
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Makers Mark showing that the window was made by Ward & Hughes in 1888, the year that the church was restored.
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