Church stained glass windows
St Mary's Church, Fairford
Seeing St Mary’s Church stained glass windows in Fairford is an amazing experience. I’ve always been a huge fan of medieval stained glass painting, but this is something else – a scheme of 28 stained glass church windows that make up the most complete set in the UK.
It’s very rare in the history of stained glass to find a church that has been glazed all at the same time – around 1500 - with such a coherent scheme of religious stained glass windows. They were designed to read like a book, with the plot craftily adjusted so that an uplifting image was placed above each altar – the assumption of the Virgin in the Lady Chapel, the Crucifixion above the high altar, and the transfiguration above the Corpus Christi altar. 
From Adam and Eve to probably the most famous medieval stained glass depiction of the Last Judgement in the world, this is a fantastically colourful romp through the bible story. It’s been lovingly restored over the last two decades, and is a must for those interested in stained glass history.
Don’t forget to look at the devils – they’re the best I’ve seen! Some are positively gleeful. The one left is imprisoned behind red hot bars.
This one is from window 15, and
depicts Satan sitting in the flames of hell swallowing the damned. Charming.
Photo below : Window 6 – depicting (from left) the descent from the Cross, the entombment and the Harrowment of Hell.
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