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The windows were commissioned by Herbert Baker, the Cathedral architect. Baker had previously commissioned Whall and Karl Parsons to design windows for St George's Cathedral in Cape Town and Baker also commissioned Whall to design the memorial window in memory of his father-in-law in the Nurstead church. [3] Dornoch Cathedral: Dornoch ...
Christopher Whall designed the two windows on the South side of the church and also six clerestory windows. One of the two windows on the South side is "The Adoration of the Magi and the Shepherds." It is a three-light traceried window, designed by Whall and made by him and his assistants in the workshops of Messrs. Lowndes and Drury.
Minster is an honorific title given to particular churches in England, most notably York Minster in Yorkshire, Westminster Abbey in London and Southwell Minster in Nottinghamshire. The term minster is first found in royal foundation charters of the 7th century, when it designated any settlement of clergy living a communal life and endowed by ...
The Minster has four main facades; the east and west facades which include the Great East and Great West windows, and the north and south facades that run along the length of the building. The west facade has a transomed seven-light window in the centre, flanked by two four-light windows, all Perpendicular Gothic in style, and buttresses ...
"Peace" (1956), one of two large windows by Ervin Bossanyi [1] facing south in the south transept of Canterbury Cathedral, close to one by the Arts & Crafts master Christopher Whall. Ervin Bossányi (3 March 1891 in Rigyica / Riđica , Austria-Hungary – 11 July 1975 in Eastcote in Greater London , England ) was a Hungarian artist, who worked ...
[2] St Barnabas in Great Tey, Essex – In 1900 a window which was made by James Powell & Sons to Arnold's design. It is a five-light window east window which depicted angels. [3] St John the Baptist in Wimbledon, Outer London – In 1914 another Arnold-designed window was executed by James Powell & Sons. It is a two-light window in the south ...
Thornton's depiction of St John the Baptist, from the Great East Window of York Minster, showing his characteristic treatment of faces. John Thornton of Coventry (fl. 1405–1433) was a master glazier and stained glass artist active in England during the 15th century.
Reyntiens was born in December 1925 at 68 Cadogan Square, Knightsbridge, London SW1, of Belgian extraction. [3] He was sent to school at the Benedictine Ampleforth College in Yorkshire and was a practising Roman Catholic. [3] He left school in 1943 [5] and joined the Scots Guards, with whom he served from 1943 to 1947. [3]