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The Story of St Wilfrid's Church |
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Cover -
Front Page -
St Wilfrid's Church -
The Architect -
Origin and
Early Days - Growth -
Some Dates - The Windows |
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East and West Windows -
North and South Main Aisles
- The Great Rood, Screens and Organ -
Chapel of
Our Lady |
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Chapel of the Holy Spirit -
Chapel of St Wilfrid -
Chapel of St Raphael -
North and South Choir Aisles
- The Cloisters and Hall |
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Miscellaneous Gifts -
Pictures |
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THE WINDOWS |
The windows are
all by the same artist, and with one early exception are considered
by those best qualified to judge to be among the finest of modern
glasswork in England. But they may strike the ordinary visitor as
unusual, and the type of glass, and its arrangement may be something
of a puzzle to some who see it, and who have grown used to expecting
the hideous thick colouring and ugly drawing which have disfigured
the window space of so many churches since the mediaeval art of
glass-painting was almost lost. The windows, like the architecture,
arc typical of the Early English period. They show medallions,
united by graceful strap-work, a style in which Mr. Victor Milner,
the artist, excels. Nor has he forgotten that the first purpose of a
window is to let in, not exclude, light. Especially in the great
east window, and in the cast window in S. Wilfrid's Chapel, the
artist has caught the mediaeval feeling.
(Descriptions of the various windows
are given in this booklet at the appropriate places.) |
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