Identifier: gloriousglassats00rijk (find matches)
Title: Glorious glass at St. John's Church, Gouda
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Rijksen, A. A. J
Subjects: Sint Janskerk (Gouda, Netherlands) Glass painting and staining
Publisher: Gouda : Society for the Study of the Gouda Windows
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Fig. 14 the sphere of the building.... It is surprising how many events and persons arerecalled by the beauty of the Gouda windows. Itis too much, and ^to^^5dtiausting_to take it all induring one visit. /j^l-D It is then a relief to sit down opposite some win-dow and to undergo quietly the mild atmosphereof the soft light of the colours in the silent spaceof the church. One feels lifted into the sphere ofthe building, in which generation after generationfound consecration and sought God. ~Y «GSf*-r ioshiiws S3iavaan libraries Smithsonian insti HSONIAN INSTITUTION NOIlfUllSNI NVINOSHillNS^SS IU

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