Brief description: Design for a stained glass window made up of one light depicting St Luke. Designed at the Goddard and Gibbs studio, London
This pretty geometric window depicts St. Luke, one of the four gospel-writers, and a disciple of St. Paul. St. Luke wears a yellow robe with a red-trimmed purple cloak. He carries a book and a Rod of Asclepius, a traditional symbol of medicine. Asclepius was the Greek god of medicine, and the symbol combines his attributes, the snake and the staff. St. Luke carries one because he was a physician (doctor), and is also the patron saint of physicians. His large halo forms the top of the window, whilst the e background is composed of irregular blue, green, and red fragments of glass and a label bearing his name. At the bottom, a winged ox, his symbol in the Tetramorph, traditional symbolic representations of the four gospel-writers, sits on a cross. St. Jerome held St. Luke was represented by a winged ox because his gospel begins with a temple sacrifice. Arthur Edward Buss (1905-1999), the designer, joined Goddard & Gibbs in 1946.
Object type: preparatory artworks design
Number of objects: 1
Production date: 1
Production period: 20th century
Designer: Arthur Edward Buss (1905 - 1999)
Manufacturer: Goddard and Gibbs
Dimensions: Height: 142 mm, Width: 76 mm
Inscription: SAINT LUKE
Acquisition: gift 18.3.2025
Acquisition source: Ratcliffe, S
This item is not currently on display and can only be viewed by prior arrangement
Accession number: ELYGM:2025.4.18
