Stained Glass

Angels We Have Seen On High

I thought I'd finish out our year with something light-hearted and ravishingly beautiful. The West Window of Worcester Cathedral was...

Apocalypse Wow--The Sainte-Chapelle Rose Window

The stained glass in Sainte Chapelle (building completed in 1248) represents the highest achievement of the form. When you enter the...

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Creation and Expulsion of Adam & Eve in the Stained Glass of Chartres Cathedral

To tell the story of Mary through a medieval church's lens, one must have at least one space to tell the story of Eve. At Chartres...

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Remembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 1

Notre Dame de Paris was engulfed in a terrible fire in 2019. Here, I include some of my photos of the interior, taken in 2018. I don't...

Remembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 3

One thing that revolutionized looking at medieval stained glass for me was using a serious zoom lens, and then spending time in...

Chartres Cathedral--another temple to Mary the Queen

Chartres isn't very far from Paris, by modern standards, and its veneration of Mary is an occasion for comparisons to Notre Dame de Paris....

Pilgrim to the Past