Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd - Table of Contents

 Saint Paul
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
96 Jewett Pkwy. at Summit, Buffalo, NY
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd - Official Website

Dedicated:

1889

Design and fabrication:

Tiffany Glass Company

Style:

Opalescent

Iconography:

St. Paul
Location: North transept

Memorial window:

James Newson Matthews

2009 Photos



North transept triplet: St. Paul,  by
Tiffany Glass Company  (nave to left ; chancel to right)   ...   Detail below:







Center panel


St. Paul iconography   ...    Depicted holding a sword and his Biblical epistles    ...   Four details below:


Detail #1 - Tympanum   ...    Lamp    ...   Opalescent glass



Center panel detail #2 - Hand painted face  ...   Rest is opalescent glass



Center panel detail  #3- Paul holds his 13 Biblical epistles



Center panel detail #3 - Memorial window




Side panel


Cross pattée   ...   Six details below:


Side panel detail #1 - Tympanum 



Side panel detail #2 -  Opalescent glass   ...   Jewels ...   Heavy horizontal iron saddle bars   ...   Came



Side panel detail #3 -



Side panel detail #4 -  Photo taken from a side angle to emphasize the green and yellow glass unpolished chunks (nuggets) broken from slab glass with a chipping hammer



Side panel detail #5



Side panel detail #6 - Quote from Colossians 3:23 (online Dec. 2021) written by St. Paul   ...   The Epistle of Paul to the Colossians is the twelfth book of the New Testament. It was written, according to the text, by "Paul the Apostle and Timothy" to the Church in Colossae, a small Phrygian city near Laodicea    ...   Paul was NOT one of the original twelve apostles.






Special thanks to Rev. David Selzer, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, for his cooperation,
and to Sexton Kevin Rung and Janice Beam for their cooperation in 2009

Photos and their arrangement © 2009 Chuck LaChiusa
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