Episcopal Church of the Ascension - Table of Contents
Interior
Episcopal
Church of the Ascension / Ascension for the Arts
16 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo NY
Ascension
for the Arts - Official Website
(online
Jan. 2021)
On this page, below:
Chancel Center: Chancel ... Open spaces on either side of the chancel: Transepts ... Pews and side walls: Nave ![]() Chancel ![]() Chancel from a different angle ![]() Chancel ![]() Chancel ... Bas-relief alpha and omega flank the Lamb of God ![]() Chancel ... Alpha and omega flank the Lamb of God ![]() Chancel ... Brass baluster ![]() Chancel ... Altar/communion table ![]() Chancel ... Medallion ... Lilies ... PX ![]() Chancel ... Oak ... Spandrel decorated with a medallion with multifoil ... Smooth shaft Ionic column ![]() Chancel ... Wainscoting with blind arcade ... Prayer kneeler prie dieu (pronunciation) ![]() Chancel ... Combination Celtic cross and cross pattée finial ... Two pinnacles topped with finials ... Fleur-de-lis and ribbons in tympanum |
Nave![]() Chancel at left ... Open space to the right of the chancel is part of the east transept ... East nave ![]() West nave at left includes pews and stained glass windows and Gothic light fixture ![]() Nave ceiling is a modified pointed Gothic ceiling ![]() Pendant Gothic light fixture ![]() Carved wood eagle lectern (lectern: to read) ... Episcopal churches often have eagle lecterns that symbolize John the Evangelist whose symbol is the eagle and whose epistles are popular ... In traditional placement, in Episcopal (Anglican) churches, this lectern is on the "Epistle Side" of the sanctuary, established when the gospels were read from the pulpit. ... Three details below: ![]() Eagle lectern detail #1 ![]() Eagle lectern detail #2 ![]() Eagle lectern detail #3 ![]() Gothic style chair and prie dieu ![]() Cinquefoil and trefoils on chair back ![]() Cinquefoil and trefoils on chair back ![]() Prie dieu ![]() 1873 marble baptismal font ... Four details below: ![]() Baptismal font detail #1 ... Quatrefoil ![]() Baptismal font detail #2 ... Gothic foliated rinceau ![]() Baptismal font detail #3 ... Quatrefoil ... Alpha and omega ![]() Baptismal font detail #4 |
Balcony![]() |