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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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MSGC : Collections : Window

Window

Building Name: St. Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church

Studio Name: Schmitt (Conrad) Studios

City: Detroit

Window Shape: 3 (arched)

Date of Window: 1939

Subject/Title of Window: Ambulatory Windows Chi-Rho and Alpha

Brief Description of Subject: These two lancet windows, located in the ambulatory, are seen in the space just left of the altar. There are two lancet windows viewed to the right of the altar, which with the exception of their top medallions, are mirror images of each other.
 
Other than their top medallions, the windows are designed with geometrical and floral patterns.
 
The top medallion on the lancet window on the left contains the Greek letters Chi (X) and Rho (P), which form a Christogram as they are the first two letters of the Greek word for "Christ."
 
The top medallion on the lancet window on the right contains the Greek letter "Alpha," which is the first in their alphabet. Its mirror image on the other side of the altar contains the Greek letter "Omega," which is the last letter in their alphabet. Together they refer to Christ's words found in Revelation 22:13, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last."

Height: 5'

Width: 2'

Type of Glass and Technique: Antique or Cathedral Glass

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