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Building Name: Christ the King Lutheran Church

Studio Name: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass

City: Grosse Pointe Woods

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Subject/Title of Window: The reformers,Jan Hus

Brief Description of Subject: Jan Hus is standing before Emperor Constantine and ordered to recant his charges against the church. He refuses. In the lower section is a goose drinking from the Chalice. The goose represents his prediction of “Today you are roasting a goose (Hus is the bohemian word for goose) but after a hundred years a swan (Luther) will appear which you will not roast.” The chalice represents the reformer’s steadfast faith. Designer: Louis Boermeester.

Inscriptions: Jan Hus


Condition of Window: Good

Height: 7’

Width: 2’

Type of Glass and Technique: Antique or Cathedral Glass, Lead Came, Vitreous Paint

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