Holy Family Church - Table of Contents
Side Altars - Holy
Family RC Church
Our Lady of Charity Parish
1885 South Park Avenue, Buffalo NY
Research by Maureen P. Evans
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Photos taken March 30, 2021
Joseph
Altar Joseph Altar ... In Europe, this usually would be a side chapel with an important person buried there .... Details below: Joseph Altar ... Death of St. Joseph ... Nothing in the Bible about Joseph's death ... Lilies are usually associated with Mary and Joseph Joseph Altar ... Celtic ornamentation throughout reredos Canon Table from the Book of Kells - Online source (online April 2021) "The system of Canon
Tables is a concordance device invented
to indicate which passages are shared in which Gospels. It shows, for
example, whether and where a particular passage in Matthew's Gospel
also appears in Mark, Luke and John. The
presentation of the
Canon Tables recalls the chancel arch of a church. The references
correspond to those written in the margins of the book next to
the Gospel passages." - British Library Board, "The
Lindisfarne Gospels Tour" (online April
2021) ... Canon
Tables may be the inspiration for the design below:
The four vertical stripes under arches are reminiscent of canon tables ... Three details below: Joseph Altar ... Canon Table detail #1 Joseph Altar ... Canon Table detail #2 Joseph Altar ... Canon Table detail #3 Joseph Altar ... Altar and tabernacle, detailed below: Joseph Altar ... Tabernacle ... Sunburst ... IHS ... Chalice Joseph Altar ... Three altar details below: Joseph Altar - Detail #1 ... Celtic cross Joseph Altar - Detail #2 ... Christogram? Joseph Altar - Detail #3: Stone column |
Marion Altar Marion Altar ... Four details below: Marian Altar ... Sacred Heart of Jesus mural Marion Altar ... The four vertical stripes under arches on the reredos are reminiscent of canon tables Marion Altar ... Mary Immaculate, Patroness of North America ... Mary stands on a crescent moon above a snake. This depiction of the Immaculate Conception refers to the Book of Revelations 12:1 "A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head... She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth." See Immaculate Conception for more information. Marion Altar ... Mary stands on a crescent moon above a snake. |
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