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Building Name: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church

Studio Name: Loire (Gabriel) Studios

City: Farmington

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1960

Subject/Title of Window: Jesus Taking Leave of His Mother

Brief Description of Subject: Jesus taking leave of his mother as he goes to Jerusalem to meet his fate, is the fourth of seven windows on the Epistle side of the Church. Each features one of the Seven Sorrows of Mary.
 
The devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary dates to the 13th Century with the seven men that founded the Servite Order. Although Mary suffered more than seven sorrows, the seven they chose became fairly standard. The Sorrow selected for this window is not one of the standard.
 
This non-scriptural event is found in "The Meditations on the Life of Christ" (1308) by Pseudo Bonaventura Chapter 72 --- "Most beloved Mother ... the time of Redemption is coming. Now all things said of me will be fulfilled and they will do to me what they will."
 
This Sorrow became the opening scene in many Passion plays. In paintings of this subject, if an additional figure is added, as in this rendition, it would commonly be Mary Magdalene or the Evangelist John as they would later be present at the foot of the cross.
 
The photo of the watercolor done by the Loire studio is reversed from the actual window --- most likely this was mistakenly done when it was originally printed. Less likely is that the window was installed backwards or the Church had the artist make the change before executing this window.

Condition of Window: Good

Height: 19' 4"

Width: 4' 4"

Type of Glass and Technique: Slab or Faceted Glass (Dalle de Verre)

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