Trinity Episcopal Church - West Front window

The West Front Window

It is recorded that the west addition to the Nave of 1888 which included the bell tower and a lesser tower for the Baptistry was designed by Mr. Louis Piket. The architect includes three lancets in the new west facade. There is no recorded verification of this, but one might surmise that a Gothic three-window design with the center one higher and dominant might have presented a superior architectural fenestration. Also not verified, stories tell of how a stained-glass window firm was commissioned by a local congregation to fabricate a large window and upon completion of it was financially unable to obtain it; whereupon Trinity Church procured the great, glazed, wood-traceried work for a very attractive expenditure of two hundred and forty-five 1888 dollars. The architect incorporated the window in a revised design of the church's front facade. The western light penetrating the amber tones of color casts a pleasant warmth into the area of the former Narthex, and the numerous ecclesiastically symbolic motifs are admired by many worshippers. These motifs are realistically delineated and the symbolism perhaps more easily understood. At the very upper section is a rendering of the white dove of peace offering the blessing with the Alpha and Omega in the panel on the opposite side. The lower main area of the window is divided to form three Gothic, pointed panels each filled with amber glass in upward radiating design. Against and within these background patterns are two green fronds connoting Victory. In the larger center panel is a large cross on which is placed the crown of thorns and roses, symbols of Our Lord's Passion.

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