Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester: A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's HospitalPerkins, Thomas, Rev.
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Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester: A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital
Perkins, Thomas, Rev.
Manchester Cathedral (England)
The east window of the Derby Chapel has seven lights, each containing
two subjects. The upper tier are: 1, The Magi; 2, The flight into Egypt;
3 and 5, Angels; 4, Christ; 6, Christ blessing Children; 7, Christ among
the Doctors.
In the lower tier the three central subjects are hidden by the reredos
erected in recent years over the altar. Of the four visible, the first is
the raising of Jairus' daughter; 3, Christ setting a Child in the midst;
6, Suffer little Children to come unto Me; 7, The feeding of the Five
Thousand. It is by Edmundson & Son of Manchester.
The easternmost window in the north wall has four lights. The subjects
are: St. Mary, "Why weepest thou?" and St. John. This window was inserted
as a memorial to George Hull Bowers, D.D., the second Dean of Manchester,
who died in 1872. It is by Burlison & Grylls.
There are three windows in the Ely Chantry. That facing north has
five lights, the other two four; the central light of the north window
contains the figure of Bishop Stanley wearing his mitre and holding his
pastoral staff.
The next window to the west contains in its four lights representation
of four incidents in the life of Jacob: His dream, Rachel tending her
sheep, Jacob watering them, and Jacob's journey into Egypt. This window
is a memorial to William Newall, who died in 1851. It is by Ward & Hughes.
The next window, also of four lights, represents Christ cleansing the
leper, raising the daughter of Jairus, blessing children, and restoring
sight to Bartimaeus. This was inserted in memory of Robert Barnes, who
died in 1871. It is by Clayton & Bell.
The next window--the last within the screen of the Derby
Chapel--represents: 1. Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh (Gen. xlviii.
14); 2, The end of Job (Job xlii. 17); 3, Simeon blessing Christ (Luke
ii. 27-29); 4, The great multitude in Heaven (Rev. vii. 9.) It is a
memorial window to Thomas Broadbent, who died in 1875. It was given by
his daughter, Elizabeth Boyd Garfit, the wife of Thomas Garfit, M.P. for
Bristol, and is by Hardman.
In the antechapel is a four light window. The subjects are the Good
Shepherd teaching the young and healing the sick. It was given by James
Chadwick, churchwarden, in 1863, and is by Ward & Hughes.
[Illustration: THE GORDON MEMORIAL WINDOW.]
The easternmost window in the nave, in what was once the Ducie Chapel, has
five lights, and was erected by C. J. Scholfield in 1888 as a memorial to
Major-General Gordon, who was killed at Khartoum in 1888. In the centre
light the General is represented with his hand on the head of a native
boy; in the other lights we see native women and children expressing
their gratitude to him for his work on their behalf; and in the outer
lights and above the heads of the human figures are angels.
This window is by Messrs. Wilson & Whitehouse of London, and from the
interest of its subject attracts much attention.
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