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Building Name: Chapel in the Woods; Starr Commonwealth

Studio Name: Burnham (W. H.) Studios

City: Albion

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1951

Subject/Title of Window: Holy Women at the Tomb

Brief Description of Subject: "And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, brought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?' And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, 'Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Narareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him.'"

The three women who have come to anoint the body of Jesus, in the early hours of dawn, find an angel seated upon the burial vault. He points to the heavens and tells the joyous tidings that Christ has risen. Symbolic of the glad morning, the Easter Lily is included in the foreground.

From "May All Who Enter This Chapel-in-the-Woods Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad in The Love of Jesus Christ Our Lord," by Starr Commonwealth For Boys, Albion, Michigan.

Condition of Window: Good

Height: 4'

Width: 2'

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

Holy Women at the Tomb
Holy Women at the Tomb
The Passion of Christ
The Passion of Christ

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