{"id":782,"date":"2020-01-18T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/?page_id=782"},"modified":"2020-01-20T11:04:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T11:04:08","slug":"east-window","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/building-history\/features-of-the-church\/windows\/east-window\/","title":{"rendered":"East Window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box  gradient-container-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last gradient-column-1 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-widget-area fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-widget-area-1 {padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget h4 {color:#333333;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget .heading h4 {color:#333333;}<\/style><div id=\"alg_back_button_wp_widget-2\" class=\"widget alg_back_button_wp_widget\"><a href=\"javascript:history.back()\" class=\"alg_back_button_simple \" style=\"\"><< Return to previous section<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box  gradient-container-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-2 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last gradient-column-2 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-838 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-200x350.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-400x700.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-585x1024.jpg 585w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-600x1050.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-768x1344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-800x1400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-878x1536.jpg 878w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-1170x2048.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-1200x2100.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8526-scaled.jpg 1463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>The three lancets of the east window show three significant episodes from the life of Christ as recorded in the Gospels: from left to right, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion and the Ascension.<\/p>\n<p>The Last Supper scene shows the moment at which Christ institutes the Eucharist, the blessing of bread and wine, with his disciples. This is usually assumed to have taken place on the night before the Crucifixion, although the Gospels do not explicitly say so. Jesus describes the bread as \u2018my body, given for you; do this in remembrance of me\u2019, and the cup as \u2018the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you\u2019 (Luke 22:19-20). Christ holds a loaf of bread in his left hand and blesses it with his right. This moment is commemorated weekly on the altar that now sits below this window.<\/p>\n<p>From our viewpoint, to Christ\u2019s right sits the beardless St John, called the \u2018Beloved Disciple\u2019, and, of course, of special importance to this church. At the front and to the left, sits Judas, wearing blue and brown, who is the only disciple to look not at Christ but at us, away from the window scene. He will shortly betray Christ for money, leading to Christ\u2019s death on the cross. At the front of the scene is the basin where Christ has washed the disciples\u2019 feet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-836\" src=\"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-200x381.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-400x762.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-537x1024.jpg 537w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-600x1144.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-768x1464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-800x1525.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-806x1536.jpg 806w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-1074x2048.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-1200x2287.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8517-scaled.jpg 1343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>In the centre the Crucifixion of Christ is depicted. This is a scene often represented over the altar, where the death of Christ is commemorated in the Eucharist by the distribution of bread and wine \u2013 which, depending on belief, become or represent the body and blood of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>The window shows Christ, dead on the cross and flanked by the Good Thief (to his right, looking upwards towards Christ) and the Bad Thief (to his left, looking downwards, towards us). Below him to the left is Mary Magdalene in yellow, who stayed faithful to the last; St John, in green; and the Virgin Mary, his mother, in pink, who has fainted from grief and is being supported by the other Marys.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the cross rides the centurion who has pierced Christ\u2019s side with his spear while he was hanging on the cross. Above Christ\u2019s head, is displayed in Latin, the phrase, \u2018Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews\u2019. John&#8217;s Gospel records this as being written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-837\" src=\"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-200x400.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-400x800.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-512x1024.jpg 512w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-600x1200.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-768x1536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-800x1600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-1024x2048.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-1200x2401.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/EN1_8522-scaled.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ascension scene shows the moment that Christ ascended into heaven, described as taking place in Bethany, a village on the Mount of Olives, in St Luke\u2019s Gospel and the Book of Acts, by the same author. Christ, with his pierced feet clearly visible, is rising into heaven while four of the disciples look bewildered below. Most prominent among them is, of course, St John.<\/p>\n<p>These images were reset in 1960, replacing the pattern of yellow glass that was originally installed. The Crucifixion was given by Thomas Anderson in memory of his mother Catherine, who died in 1856, and the other two by public subscription. All three windows were made by Forrest and Bromley of Liverpool. They were described as \u2018peculiar\u2019 by Tymms\u2019 1872 guide to Bury St Edmunds.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":745,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":840,"href":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/782\/revisions\/840"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}