Stained Glass Windows, St Bartholomew - Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire
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N 52° 38.232 W 001° 13.918
30U E 619640 N 5833380
A small church building, with a seating capacity of approximately 120, is medieval but it was restored and furnished in Victorian times.
Waymark Code: WMN5D3
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/29/2014
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"The oldest stained glass is in the window of the south chancel. The left panel shows the Nativity and the right panel shows the Baptism of Jesus, with 'the Spirit of God descending like a dove’.
Both scenes are described in the gospel of Saint Matthew, who is shown in the centre at the point of the arch. These panels date from 1858, and were originally in the East window. (The centre panel, of the crucifixion, has not survived).
The present East window was given in 1920 as a memorial to the men of the parish who had died in the First World War. Details are on the oak tablet on the North wall of the nave. This window was made by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, using a design by Christopher Whall.
The centre panel shows Christ in Heaven offering us the Crown of Life. Saint George and the Archangel Michael reflect the theme of battle, and also represent England and France. Underneath is the Martyrdom of St. Andrew (patron saint of Russia), who died on an X-shaped cross. The Tiger in the spaces above the outer panels is the badge of the Leicestershire Regiment.
A West window inserted at the time of the Victorian restoration showed the four Evangelists. It was blown out in 1940 by the blast from a parachute bomb which hit Kirby Muxloe Free Church.
The window to the North of the altar was inserted in 1912 in memory of the Rev. George Poslethwaite, Curate from 1894 to 1910, who is buried on the other side of the wall. It shows the women who found the tomb of Jesus empty on Easter morning, being told by the angel "He is not here, He is risen..."
The South window opposite illustrates two separate sayings of Jesus : "I am the true Vine" from John 15" and "Consider the Lilies" from Luke 12: "Do not worry,,, if God so clothes the grass, shall He not much more clothe you..." "
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