Despite appearances, this is not a stained glass window. It is a painting on glass.
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Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Nottingham May 2013
St Giles Church Window
8 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2013
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Nottingham
At the Foot of the Stair
6 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2013
Filed under Art, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
A Wise Master Builder
This is the last glimpse of The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas and also the last glimpse from my Mini Break in Newcastle, apart from a few photos that I took on my journey home.
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 24th 2013
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
East Window
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 22nd 2013
Filed under Art, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Communion Sculpture
Above the Thornton brass is a sculpture designed by Stephen Cox. It represents a broken Communion wafer and the meniscus of a cup of Communion wine.
high up on the back of the reredos, is a curious sculpture of two discs. The top one, in Egyptian alabaster, represents a broken Communion wafer while the second, in [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 20th 2013
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
The Thornton Brass
This brass once covered the altar tomb of Roger Thompson.
[This] huge Flemish brass that formerly covered the altar tomb of Roger Thornton in the ancient Newcastle parish church of All Saints, Quayside, which closed for Anglican worship in 1959. It is believed to be the largest brass in the country.
It is pre-1429 and commemorates [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2013
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Stained Glass
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2013
