Mailing Address: P. O. Box 208, Staunton, VA 24402Phone: (540) 886-9132
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Located in Downtown Staunton, 214 West Beverley Street, Staunton, VA 24401 Mailing Address: P. O. Box 208, Staunton, VA 24402
Phone: (540) 886-9132 Fax: (540) 885-3096
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The design of the Prayer Book Window is based on English stained glass windows of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The window commemorates Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and the four-hundredth anniversary of the English Book of Common Prayer (1549). As Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Henry VIII, Cramner was the key figure in the publication of this first prayer book. The large figure of Archbishop Cranmer stands in the upper center portion of the window with Canterbury Cathedral in the background. His dress reveals his many roles. He is first a scholar, so he wears a black doctoral cap and gown. The gold-colored stole of his priesthood falls from his shoulders. He holds in his left hand a bishop’s crosier and in his right hand the first Book of Common Prayer. In honor of his king, he wears Tudor emblems of the red rose of Lancaster, the white rose of York, and the Beaufort family’s Portcullis. Narrative scenes appear above and below the figure of Dr. Cranmer. At the top of the window, Cramner instructs his godson, the boy-king Edward VI. The scene just below the central figure depicts Cranmer with the compilers of the English liturgy and the authors of first Book of Common Prayer. The lower part of the window depicts Cranmer’s martyrdom. Flanking him are his colleagues, Bishops Holbeach and Ridley. The Prayer Book Window was given in memory of Adele Valz Gooch by her children. J. Wippell and Co., Ltd. of London, 1950 Copyright 2007 by Sara N. James, Ph.D
Text on this page is copyrighted 2007 by Sara N. James, Ph.D Links to other Trinity windows The windows are listed in order of placement in the church moving clockwise from the Chancel (altar area)  The Episcopal Church welcomes you! |
The Prayer Book Window