Design for North Aisle Window, Grace Cathedral
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Design for Grace Cathedral North Aisle Window
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Date
1959Description
Ancestral parish of Grace Cathedral was Grace Church, founded 1849. Third church was destroyed in the fire after 1906 earthquake. Standing cathedral took the name of a nearby parish, was eventually built (1928 -) on land given by Crocker family, from their Nob Hill estate ruined in 1906 earthquake and fire. INSCRIPTIONS: [top center rose] Meekness / [left panel, top to bottom] Saint Aidan / [in open book] He that Receiveth You Receiveth Me -S. Matt X-40 / S. Aidan Teaches S. Chad and S. Eata / S. Aidan Ransoms a Slave Boy [right panel, top to bottom] Saint Polycarp / S. Polycarp teaches / S. Irenaeus / S. Polycarp Receives His Apostolic Mission from S. John the Ev. [bottom] In Loving Memory of Henry J. Crocker / and his Parents Henry Joseph and Mary Ives // ARTIST'S LABEL: Design for North Aisle Windows Second from Transept Grace Cathedral .... San Francisco, California // SIGNATURE: K.O.S. Connick Assoc. 1959 full view
Type of Work
Study (visual work)Subject
John, the Apostle, Saint, Saints, Swords, Memorials, Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Teaching, Quatrefoils, Fire, Religious art, Stained glass (visual works), Iconography
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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License: CC BY-NC2
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