| Title: | Singing Windows |
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| Notes: | In 1932, artist Katherine Lamb Tait was commissioned to design a window using as a design motif, 11 songs most often described as Negro spirituals. In 1957, the chapel was destroyed by fire. Lamb’s designs had been preserved and were used to recreate the Singing Window when a new chapel was built between 1967-1969. |
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| Date: | 1932 |
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| Artist: | J. & R. Lamb Studios |
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| Building: | University Chapel
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| Object/Function: | Stained glass |
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| City/Town: | Tuskegee
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| State: | AL
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| Country: | United States
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| Scripture: | Exodus 20:1-17
Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)
Psalm 47
Genesis 28:10-19a
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| Person as Subject: | Joshua (Biblical figure)
God (Biblical figure)
Angels (Biblical figures)
Pharaoh (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | BLent03
ANatv
AAscn
AProp11
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| General Subject: | Cloud of Witnesses
Perseverance
Faith
Heaven
Death
Singing
Jacobs Ladder
Prayer
Singing
Civil Rights
Justice
Slavery
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| Attribution: | J. & R. Lamb Studios. Singing Windows, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57021 [retrieved April 26, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singing_Windows_stained_glass,_designed_by_J%26R_Lamb,_located_in_the_University_chapel_at_Tuskegee_University,_Tuskegee,_Alabama_LCCN2010637794.tif. |
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| Record Number: | 57021
Last Updated: 2021-09-09 11:44:20
Record Created: 2019-07-19 12:53:01 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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