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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Building Name: Historic Trinity Lutheran Church

Studio Name: Detroit Stained Glass Works, The

City: Detroit

Window Shape: 3 (arched)

Date of Window: 1930

Subject/Title of Window: IHS

Brief Description of Subject: This decorative façade window was designed to let light into the Church. It is shaped like a lit candle symbolizing Christ --- "I am the light of the world" John 8:12.

The window contains a Christogram for Jesus. The cross is the "I" in "IHS." The New Testament is written in Greek, so that the earliest Christian symbols have their basis in the Greek language. The Greek spelling of their word for "Jesus" is "iota, eta, sigma, upsilon, sigma." Transliterated into the Latin alphabet this becomes "IHSOYS." Thus the first three letters, IHS, form a Christogram for "Jesus."\

Condition of Window: Good

Height: 3'

Width: 6"

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

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