Sailing the seas of glass

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

One of the beautiful old windows in St. John's Episcopal Church in Gloucester

About Fr Matthew Green

Currently parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish, on Cape Ann (serving the churches of St. Ann, St. Joachim, and St. Anthony). I moved to the area in early August '11, and am very happy to be in such a welcoming community and beautiful location! One of my hobbies is photography. You can see my photos on Flickr and buy prints of some of them on Fine Art America. I am a daily contributor to GoodMorningGloucester (GMG for short), a blog by and about the community of Gloucester specifically and Cape Ann in general. The content is diverse, ranging from the beautiful and sublime to the earthy and occasionally offensive. I hope my contributions are of the former kind, not the latter. So, while I cannot endorse all the content that is posted there, I am grateful to Joey (the founder and admin of the blog) for giving me space to make my contribution. I also have my own blog, Perpetual Learner, which mostly includes my homilies and some re-posts from GMG, but also sometimes has other content, such as my personal reflections, videos I like, etc.
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4 Responses to Sailing the seas of glass

  2. Bill Hubbard says:
    April 13, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    Another unique window, Father Green. Thanks for posting it.

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  3. Ann Kennedy says:
    April 13, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    I really enjoy the photos of all the great architectural details you post. Looking forward to more and I’m curious about the date of this particular window if anyone knows. Thank you!

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  4. Fr Matthew Green says:
    April 13, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    According to the pamphlet in the church, this window (one of four of its kind in this church) was brought over from Europe. The pamphlet says the window is “medieval”, but I doubt the accuracy of that, because the style is Baroque (which postdates the medieval period by a couple of centuries), nor Gothic or Romanesque (nor much less Byzantine).

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