Brief description: Black and white photograph of a 3 light window depicting St Giles with a deer. Designed at the Goddard and Gibbs Studio, London
This window places an image of St. Giles in a central roundel, against a background of plain quarries. According to legend, St. Giles (650-710) was a Greek hermit who lived in a forest in France, accompanied only by a deer. One day, the deer was spotted and chased by the king's hunters, but the arrow fired at it wounded St. Giles instead. The king, chastened, then built St. Giles a monastery. Here, St. Giles, dressed in a cloak with a hood, strokes the deer's neck soothingly. An arrow has impaled his hand, in the same place Christ's hand was wounded by the crucifixion nail. In the background is a hunter on horseback and one blowing a horn. Below are three symbols: on the left is a eucharistic wafer and chalice, in the centre is the crest of the Diocese of Worcester, and on the right is a book opened to a Latin phrase. At the bottom of the window is a memorial inscription. Commissioned by S J Powell. Goddard and Gibbs job number 21/82354/A, FAN 4540. Goddard & Gibbs, founded from a merger of Walter Gibbs & Sons and Goddard's Glass Works in 1938, were prominent makers of stained glass for the international market and also conserved and restored glass.
Object type: photographic material photograph
Number of objects: 1
Production date: 3.1964
Production period: 20th century
Manufacturer: Goddard and Gibbs
Dimensions: Height: 200 mm, Width: 150 mm
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN MEMORY OF W. WINNINGTON THOMAS, PARISH PRIEST R.I.P 6TH SEPT 1962
Original location: St Giles Church, Heightington, Bewdley, Worcs, England
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:2025.4.78
