Memorial Antechapel East Windows
- Title:
- Memorial Antechapel East Windows
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Donor:
- White, Andrew D.
- Location:
- Sage Chapel, Memorial Antechapel, Cornell University
- ID Number:
- artsdb_1921a
- Accession Number:
- W84-216.7
- File Name:
- artsdb_1921a.jpg
- Work Type:
- stained glass (visual works)
windows - Materials/Techniques:
- Stained glass
- Subject:
- de Navarre, Jeanne
Fiske, Jennie McGraw, 1840-1881
Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509
Fenelon, Praeceptor Galliae
Melanchthon, Praeceptor Germaniae
Arnold, Praeceptor Angliae - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- East windows, north to south:
Jeanne de Navarre 1304. [queen, founder of the College of Navarre].
Jane [sic] McGraw Fiske 1881. [(1840-1881) benefactress of Cornell University].
Margaret of Richmond 1509. [Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, mother of Henry VII, founder of St. John's College, Cambridge]. Inscribed on the glass below these 3 figures: "In memory of Jane [sic] McGraw Fiske. This window is erected by the trustees of Cornell University. 1883."
Fenelon, Praeceptor Galliae.
Melanchthon, Praeceptor Germaniae.
Arnold, Praeceptor Angliae. This window of 3 panels given by Andrew D. White, 1903, depicts Francois de Salignac de la Mothe (or Lamotte) Fenelon (1651-1715) Archbishop of Cambrai, French author
Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) German Lutheran reformer
and Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) English teacher and historian. Mr. White wrote of the window "I trust it will preach a broad church sermon to many generations of men and women who will stand over my bones to look at it." His bones are in the crypt below. Of great interest in the Antechapel are the corbels which are embellished with leaves and flowers from which peer delightful little creature faces. These, as well as the corbels in the main part of the chapel, were carved by Robert Richardson - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.