2017 Miscellany #8 — church

 Light through stained glass, at St. Mary's Collinwood.

This was taken June 24th during the vigil mass, so during the 5 p.m. hour, and there is a tree outside the glass. The amount and quality of light changes through the year, and the day, and the visual effect on the same window will differ. Of course, the window is inanimate, but it is 'alive' with light. Glass is not all equal, the composition, and quality of craftsmanship either adds, or detracts from beauty.

 St. Vincent de Paul Akron

The oldest parish in Akron is St. Vincent, it is older than the diocese it is in. The building is from the beginning of the second half of the 19th century, these windows came later. In so many churches, the window openings are planned for and built before internal structures. Organ lofts, the steps that lead to them, and the organ may cover a window. Sometimes, part of the window is visible from the ground floor, another part of the window from the loft, and sometimes not at all.

These two fotos are of the scaffolding about Holy Name Cleveland, taken on a gray day before the rain came. Scaffolding as architectural quality too.