Episcopal Church of the Ascension - Table of Contents
Chancel and Gallery
Windows
Episcopal
Church of the Ascension - CLOSED
16 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo NY
On this page, below: Chancel ... Discovery of the Resurrection ... Ascension ... Pentecost ... Gallery
The studios and dates of all these windows are unknown
2010 Photos
Chancel
Chancel and nave ... Left chancel stained glass window: Discovery of the Resurrection ... Center: Ascension ... Right: Pentecost
Left chancel stained glass window: Discovery of the Resurrection ... Center: Ascension ... Right: Pentecost
Chancel - Discovery of the Resurrection
Discovery of the Resurrection ... Four details below, starting at the top of the window:
Discovery of the Resurrection detail #1 - Three angels ... Quatrefoil
Discovery of the Resurrection detail #2 ... Trefoils
Discovery of the Resurrection detail #3
Discovery of the Resurrection detail #4 - Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome
Chancel - Ascension
Ascension ... Center window in the chancel is the most important stained glass window location in the church, so it is appropriate that this window depicts the Ascension which is the name of the church ... Seven details below:
Ascension detail #1 - Stenciled geometric design ... Quatrefoil features the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove and acanthus leaves ... Note the red bullseye
Ascension detail #2 ... Stenciled geometric design
Ascension detail #3 ... Hand-painted angels
Ascension detail #4
Ascension detail #5
Ascension detail #6
Ascension detail #7
Chancel - Pentecost
Pentecost ... Eight details below:
Pentecost detail #1 ... Quatrefoil ... Saddle bar ... Stigmata
Pentecost detail #2 ... Trefoil
Pentecost detail #3 ... Holy Ghost depicted as dove conferring tongues of fire which enabled the apostles to speak in tongues, i.e., different languages unknown to the speaker
Pentecost detail #4 ... Holy Spirit in the form of a dove
Pentecost detail #5 ... Apostles with tongues of fire
Pentecost detail #6
Pentecost detail #7 ... Predella
Pentecost detail #8 ... Predella ... Isaiah 26:9 (online Jan 2021)
Gallery - 4-panel window
Nave and gallery in back of the church
Two details below:
Gallery detail #1
Gallery detail #2 ... Stenciled geometric design
