Glorious glass at StJohn's Church, Gouda . bols of the four Evan-gelists, according to the vision of Rev. 4 verse 7:Matthew the angel, Mark the lion, Luke the cow,John the eagle. The picture is surrounded by thearms of the Bishop. Designer and maker. Dirck Crabeth,Gouda, 1562. 15. JESUS BAPTIZED BY JOHN. „And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightwayout of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened untohim, and he saw the Sim it of God descending like a dove,and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my belovedSon, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 3 : 16, 17 R
Glorious glass at StJohn's Church, Gouda . bols of the four Evan-gelists, according to the vision of Rev. 4 verse 7:Matthew the angel, Mark the lion, Luke the cow,John the eagle. The picture is surrounded by thearms of the Bishop. Designer and maker. Dirck Crabeth,Gouda, 1562. 15. JESUS BAPTIZED BY JOHN. „And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightwayout of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened untohim, and he saw the Sim it of God descending like a dove,and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my belovedSon, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 3 : 16, 17 Representation. The main group comprisesJesus and John; the Jordan in the background;on the shore spectators and the multitudes. Thewords coming from heaven are given in George van Egmond, Bishop of Utrecht,behind whose kneeling figure the patron-saintof the diocese is seen, St. Martin, throwing a goldcoin into the beggars cup. Over St. Martins headwe see an opened hand, casting gold coins, as asymbol of liberality (fig. 3).. Fig. 3. Bishop George vanEgmond with St. Martinand the beggar - window15 - Dirck Crabeth F. G. G. D-e signer and maker. Dirck Crabeth,Gouda, 1555. Remarks. At the top God the Father may beseen; from 1622 to 1932 this portion of the win-dow was yellow glass, the image of God havingbeen taken out in accordance with reformed-protestant views. Mr. Schouten restored it after a drawing byLepelaer of the 17th century. Further it is obviousthat in the right hand portion of the lower partof the window the figure is lacking before whichthe donor kneels; it was fairly certainly theTrinity. From the Transactions of the City Cor-poration and of the Vestry it is pretty clear thatthis part was taken out about the year 1622. Thiswindow is the oldest in the building; its positionis not accidental. When the church was stillCatholic the High Altar was exactly in front of it,so that the Baptism of Christ by John, the prin-cipal event in the life of th
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