Design for Devotion in the Beauty of Holiness and Le Morte D'Arthur Stained Glass Window
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Design for Le Morte D'Arthur Window and Devotion in the Beauty of Holiness Stained Glass Window
CONPI_0021
Date
1938Description
Design for "Le Morte D'Arthur" window, west narthex, Heinz Memorial Chapel, Pittsburgh, Penn. INSCRIPTIONS: [Top Central Panel:] My knights and my servants and my true children which be come out of deadly life into spiritual life [Left Panel, top to bottom:] Gallahad the haut prince the wortiest knight of the world / Joseph the first bishop of christendom / This shield where through great adventures should befall / FOR THE WAY OF THE RIGHT HAND BETOKENETH. [Right Panel, top to bottom:] Sir Percival's sister / She was the best maid living / I die for the healing of this lady / Yield us the custom of this castle / THE HIGHWAY OF THE LORD / morte d'arthur / sir thomas mallory // ARTIST'S LABELS: [above watercolor:] WEST Window No. 14 [below watercolor:' left: Devotion in the Beauty of holiness. Narthex Window West. right: Malory's "Le Morte D'Arthur. Heinz Memorial Chapel. Pittsburgh. full view
Type of Work
Study (visual work)Subject
Halos, Arthur, King, Equestrians, Beauty, Devotion, Religious art, Stained glass (visual works), Iconography
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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License: CC BY-NC2
Item is Part of
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