The Christmas Story in Stained Glass Author:Sonia Halliday (Photographer), Laura Lushington (Photographer) The Christmas story is retold here both in the words of the Bible and in scenes created in stained glass. — The photographs have been taken in many different cathedrals and churches with painstaking care -- often, for instance, with scaffolding built to ensure the right angle and lighting. The scenes pictured represent the work of craftsmen... more » down the centuries, from medieval times on.
Perhaps stained glass appeals again in our present age because of the emphasis on visual communication today. As an art-form, it was first developed in the eleventh century to convey spiritual truths pictorially. The windows taught the Bible stories: they also conveyed a sense of glory and mystery.
This selection of pictures is of the finest examples of windows depicting the Christmas story. The words of the New Testament combine with the pictures to retell the story for a new generation.« less