Rochester Cathedral c.1500 Great West Window with Clayton & Bell stained glass 1883. Dedicated to Officers, NC Officers, and Men of the Royal Engineers who died in campaigns between 1838 and 1881. Up to the springing of the arch the window is divided by horizontal transoms into two parts, each of eight lights. The upper lights contain single figures from the Old Testament (from south to north, Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Jeptha, Samson, David and Nehemiah) with corresponding scenes of incidents in their lives in the lower lights. In the arch of the window are twelve small lights in which are Old Testament figures. Above are ten small lights showing military saints. In the middle of both rows of lights and in the head of the arch are emblematic subjects connected with the Corps of Royal Engineers.
*Object photographed from interior only without a scale. The object will also be modelled from the exterior and the models merged.
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