A quaint method ofcommemorating the donorsof a window, not un-common in past times,was the introduction oftheir portraits, with atotal disregard to historicalor artistic accuracy. AtGouda, in Holland, is anold window representing The Pedlar and his Dog, St. Marys the Last Supper, in which church,… … I50 ANTIQUITIES AND CURIOSITIES. the sixteeth century, now in South KensingtonMuseum, depicts the Annunciation, and shows asturdy citizen and his wife as two diminutive figureskneehng in prayer between St. Gabriel and theBlessed Virgin. A similar incongruity is foundin the east window of St.…
Christian antiquities -- England · Church decoration and ornament -- England · Church architecture -- England · Rites and ceremonies -- England · Great Britain -- Social life and customs
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