Design for Devotion in the Beauty of Holiness and Le Morte D'Arthur Stained Glass Window

In Charles J. Connick Stained Glass Foundation Collection Stained Glass and Works on Paper

Title

Creator/Contributor

Connick, Charles J.

Description

Design for "Le Morte D'Arthur" window, west narthex, Heinz Memorial Chapel, Pittsburgh, Penn. INSCRIPTIONS: [Top Central Panel:] My knights and my servants and my true children which be come out of deadly life into spiritual life [Left Panel, top to bottom:] Gallahad the haut prince the wortiest knight of the world / Joseph the first bishop of christendom / This shield where through great adventures should befall / FOR THE WAY OF THE RIGHT HAND BETOKENETH. [Right Panel, top to bottom:] Sir Percival's sister / She was the best maid living / I die for the healing of this lady / Yield us the custom of this castle / THE HIGHWAY OF THE LORD / morte d'arthur / sir thomas mallory // ARTIST'S LABELS: [above watercolor:] WEST Window No. 14 [below watercolor:' left: Devotion in the Beauty of holiness. Narthex Window West. right: Malory's "Le Morte D'Arthur. Heinz Memorial Chapel. Pittsburgh.
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Format Medium

paper (fiber product)
paint

Technique

painting (image-making)

Coverage

Installation location: window based on designg in Heinz Memorial Chapel, University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)

creation date: 1938

Type of Resource

Photograph