Glorious glass at StJohn's Church, Gouda . Fici 12 Window 25: 1 Prince Wiilia n of Orange. 2 probably burgoraastejVan der Wert or Leyden, 3 boy stooping with a basket of white loaves,?i witli .i barrel ol herrings on his shoulder, 5 silhouette of Delft. 6 burningchurch of Soeterwoude, 7 silhouette of Leyden, Just Over the man with thebasket of herrings admiral Boisot, leader of the Watcrbcggart,. is seen. Drawing W. Hogervorst he suffered and the men with whom he triumphal arch is built up from Dutch towersand mills, the green meadows, the greyish-bluewater, the soldiers, citiz
Glorious glass at StJohn's Church, Gouda . Fici 12 Window 25: 1 Prince Wiilia n of Orange. 2 probably burgoraastejVan der Wert or Leyden, 3 boy stooping with a basket of white loaves,?i witli .i barrel ol herrings on his shoulder, 5 silhouette of Delft. 6 burningchurch of Soeterwoude, 7 silhouette of Leyden, Just Over the man with thebasket of herrings admiral Boisot, leader of the Watcrbcggart,. is seen. Drawing W. Hogervorst he suffered and the men with whom he triumphal arch is built up from Dutch towersand mills, the green meadows, the greyish-bluewater, the soldiers, citizens and magistrates Fig. 14 the sphere of the 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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