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HARDMAN WINDOWS
Trinity Episcopal Church

389 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY

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Designer:

John Hardman & Co.
See signature in the last photo below

Mary and Martha -
Date installed:

1887 in the vestibule

Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness -
Date installed:

1890 in the nave

Style:

Gothic Revival / Munich Pictorial st
Perspective, architectural details and the detailed enamel work suggest the Munich Pictorial style which drew heavily on Renaissance art for inspiration.

2009 Photos

Mary and Martha


Mary and Martha

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"

 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
A two-lancet window    ...   This is a flashed glass window with shadings and details painted on later.

Seven details below:



Mary and Martha detail #1  - Lilies   ...   Quote from Luke 10:38-42 : "... but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."   ...    Perspective, architectural details and the detailed enamel work suggest the Munich Pictorial style which drew heavily on Renaissance art for inspiration..




Mary and Martha detail #2  - Lilies   ...   Quote from Luke 10:38-42


Mary and Martha detail #3 - Middle figure: Martha   ...   Bottom figure: Mary    ...   Luke 10:42: "...but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."    ...   Perspective, architectural details and the detailed enamel work suggest the Munich Pictorial style which drew heavily on Renaissance art for inspiration..



Mary and Martha detail #4 - Right figure: Martha



Mary and Martha detail #5 - Mary



Mary and Martha detail #6 - Jesus   ...  Right lancet     ...    Detail of Jesus' face below:


Mary and Martha detail #7 - Jesus




Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness


Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness
 

1 Kings 19:1-8:
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel
touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

Eight details below:


Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness detail #1 - Angel in the middle of a modillion surrounded by a laurel  wreath



Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness detail #2



Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness detail #3



Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness detail #4



Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness detail #5



Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness detail #6 -  Left predella: Moses  medallion surrounded by a bay leaf wreath



Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness detail #7 -  Right predella: St. John the Evangelist  medallion


Elijah Feeding in the Wilderness detail #8 -   John Hardman & Co. signature at bottom right of the window.





Special thanks to Trinity Episcopal Church Rector The Rev. R. Cameron Miller and Development Director Coleen Fahey for their cooperation and assistance in 2009

Photos and their arrangement © 2009 Chuck LaChiusa
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