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Pentecost stained glass window design, Grace Lutheran Church – Historic Print

Pentecost stained glass window design, Grace Lutheran Church — historic image
Pentecost stained glass window design, Grace Lutheran Church. Historic image from the Religious collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Pentecost stained glass window design, Grace Lutheran Church, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Pentecost stained glass window design, Grace Lutheran Church

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Pentecost is the subject here, and this design sets its window apart by showing the Holy Spirit's descent on the disciples as a fiery, radiating scene rather than a quiet gathering. The Christian feast falls fifty days after Easter and marks, in the Acts of the Apostles, the moment the disciples began speaking in many languages. Stained glass was a favored medium for such narrative scenes, since light passing through colored glass made the flames and tongues seem to glow inside the church. Designs like this one were often drafted as full-scale cartoons before the glass was cut and leaded, so the composition you see reflects a careful planning process.

Original scan6,017 × 9,199 px · prints to 20 × 31 in at 300 dpi
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