Home Depot in 1100 A.D.

Techniques of stained-glass window construction were described by the monk Theophilus who wrote for craftsmen (who could read!) about 1100 AD.: "if you want to assemble simple windows, first mark out the dimensions of their length and breadth on a wooden board, then draw scroll work or anything else that pleases you, and select colors that are to be put in. Cut the glass and fit the pieces together with the grozing iron. Enclose them with lead cames and solder on both sides. Surround it with a wooden frame strengthened with mails and set it up in the place where you wish."

Descending Dove Window

This window is more abstract than most of the other windows in the church. The Holy Spirit has been less well expressed artistically than the Creator or the Son in Christian history. Less has been said about the Spirit and the church has been suspicious of the tendancy of sectarian groups to focus narrowly on the Spirit's gifts. The floral image in the middle disappoints, perhaps a victim of the years or inferior paint.