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Genre/Form: | Illustrated works Illustrations |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Sonia Halliday; Laura Lushington; Tim Dowley |
ISBN: | 081921552X 9780819215529 0819219479 9780819219473 0564071358 9780564071357 |
OCLC Number: | 24897112 |
Notes: | Originally published in the UK by Bible Society. Full-color reproductions, with full descriptions of the windows & their iconography, of some of the most spectacular & historic stained glass windows of Europe. [back cover]. Includes index. |
Description: | 160 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
Contents: | 1. The Old Testament. Creation -- The serpent deceives Eve -- Cain and Able -- Noah's ark -- The tower of Babel -- The lord appears to Abraham -- Abraham and Isaac -- Jacob's ladder -- Joseph and his brothers -- Pharaoh's butler's dream -- Moses -- Crossing the Red sea -- The ten commandments -- Spying out the land -- Jericho is taken -- Samson -- Samson at Gaza -- Samuel -- King Saul -- The ancestors of Jesus -- David -- Solomon -- Rehoboam and Jeroboam -- Elijah and Elisha -- Daniel -- Amos -- Jonah. 2. The New Testament. The annunciation -- The nativity -- The adoration of the sheperds -- The magi -- Elizabeth and John -- Jesus is baptized -- Jesus is tempted -- Jesus begins to preach -- The sermon on the mount -- The marriage at Cana -- Jesus feeds five thousand -- Jesus heals a blind man -- Jesus walks on the sea -- Jesus' parables -- The good Samaritan -- The sower -- The transfiguration -- Mary anoints Jesus' feet The triumphal entry -- Jesus cleanses the temple -- The last supper -- Jesus' agony in the garden -- Jesus is betrayed -- Jesus before Pilate -- Jesus is scourged and mocked -- Peter denies Christ -- On the way to the cross -- The crucifixion -- The resurrection -- Doubting Thomas -- On the way to Emmaus -- Jesus appears by the sea -- Jesus' charge to Peter -- The ascension -- Pentecost -- Peter and John heal a lame man -- Peter in prison -- Saul's conversion -- Paul in prison -- The apocalypse -- A new heaven and a new earth -- The churches -- Photographing the glass. |
Responsibility: | edited by Tim Dowley ; photographs by Sonia Halliday and Laura Lushington ; descriptive text by Laura Lushington. |
Abstract:
Full-color reproductions, with full descriptions of the windows and their iconography, of some of the most spectacular and historic stained glass windows of Europe.
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