Holy Family Church - Table of Contents
Side Altars - Holy
Family RC Church
Our Lady of Charity Parish
1885 South Park Avenue, Buffalo NY
Research by Maureen P. Evans
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Photos taken March 30, 2021
Joseph
Altar![]() Joseph Altar ... In Europe, this usually would be a side chapel with an important person buried there .... Details below: ![]() Joseph Altar ... Death of St. Joseph ... Nothing in the Bible about Joseph's death ... Lilies are usually associated with Mary and Joseph ![]() Joseph Altar ... Celtic ornamentation throughout reredos ![]() Canon Table from the Book of Kells - Online source (online April 2021) "The system of Canon
Tables is a concordance device invented
to indicate which passages are shared in which Gospels. It shows, for
example, whether and where a particular passage in Matthew's Gospel
also appears in Mark, Luke and John. The
presentation of the
Canon Tables recalls the chancel arch of a church. The references
correspond to those written in the margins of the book next to
the Gospel passages." - British Library Board, "The
Lindisfarne Gospels Tour" (online April
2021) ... Canon
Tables may be the inspiration for the design below:
![]() The four vertical stripes under arches are reminiscent of canon tables ... Three details below: ![]() Joseph Altar ... Canon Table detail #1 ![]() Joseph Altar ... Canon Table detail #2 ![]() Joseph Altar ... Canon Table detail #3 ![]() Joseph Altar ... Altar and tabernacle, detailed below: ![]() Joseph Altar ... Tabernacle ... Sunburst ... IHS ... Chalice ![]() Joseph Altar ... Three altar details below: ![]() Joseph Altar - Detail #1 ... Celtic cross ![]() Joseph Altar - Detail #2 ... Christogram? ![]() Joseph Altar - Detail #3: Stone column |
Marion Altar ![]() Marion Altar ... Four details below: ![]() Marian Altar ... Sacred Heart of Jesus mural ![]() Marion Altar ... The four vertical stripes under arches on the reredos are reminiscent of canon tables ![]() Marion Altar ... Mary Immaculate, Patroness of North America ... Mary stands on a crescent moon above a snake. This depiction of the Immaculate Conception refers to the Book of Revelations 12:1 "A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head... She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth." See Immaculate Conception for more information. ![]() Marion Altar ... Mary stands on a crescent moon above a snake. |
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