Harry's

Harry's Bar, Fondamenta delle Farine, San Marco, Venice, Italy © Brian Sibley 2004

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Pelican

"I am the True Vine" Stained glass by Beverley Shore Bennett in the windows of the ambulatory, St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington, NZ.

These windows are based around the "I am" statements of Jesus - the Bread, the Way, the Vine, the Life, the Resurrection, the Lamb of God. The windows contain many symbols, which elaborate on these themes, for example the life cycle of the monarch butterfly, as seen in the Resurrection window.

© Brian Sibley, 2003

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Cock

Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy © Brian Sibley 2002

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Triptych

San Giorgio Maggiore from Palazzo Ducale, San Marco, Venice, Italy © Brian Sibley 2004

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Sun & Moon

Papier mache Sun and Moon displayed in an upper side-window of a mask shop in Venice, Italy.

Brian Sibley © 2005

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Teapot

Old Pottery Cafe, Watts Galler, near Godalming, Surrey
by Guest Window-gazer, Sheila Shrigley © 2011

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Aquarium

Brighton Aquarium © Brian Sibley, 2011

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Royal Sale

Shop window in Windsor and Eton from the flickr photostream of guest photographer Need a Haircut © 2011

Warning

Shop window, Wellington, New Zealand

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Blake

Stained glass by John Hayward of Edenbridge, Kent, commemorating William Blake (1757-1827) in St Mary's Church, Battersea, London.

William Blake was married to Catherine Boucher in the church in 1782. The original wedding certificate can be viewed here. It surprises many to learn that the wife of one of our greatest poets was illiterate, and could only made her mark with a cross. The wedding is suggested by a wedding ring between two pencil portraits. The one of the left is William drawn by Catherine, the one on the right, Catherine as drawn by William.

The rest of the window design attempts to give expression to the diversity of Blake's talents as a painter, engraver, printer and poet. Among his more insistent themes are those concerned with seeing the great and the small and the idea that all things contain a male and female principle. He is also the author of the words of the hymn, 'Jerusalem', now a very popular hymn at weddings in the church today. At the bottom right is a picture of the Houses of Parliament to mark the connection with the late William Hamling, MP, in whose memory the window was given.

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Breathing

Atop the roof of the new Egton Wing of Broadcasting House mirroring the radio mast, is a cone shaped glass structure, reaching into the sky at the same height as the radio mast opposite. It was sculpted b Jaume Plensa and is a memorial to all of the BBC journalists killed in the line of duty. Called 'Breathing', it includes words from a poem by James Fenton and is illuminated day and night. At 22:00 hours daily, to coincide with the 10 O'Clock News, a column of light shines 900 metres into the sky. It was officially unveiled on the 16 June 2008 by the UN Secretary General, Ban-Ki-Moon.

© Brian Sibley, 2011

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Sunset Eye

The London Eye reflected in the windows of a building in Lambeth palace Road, London © David Weeks, 2011

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Ascension

Stained-glass window in All Saints' Church, Ascot, Berkshire © David Weeks, 2010

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Reflected Bridge

Sydney Harbour Bridge reflected in a window (with distant view of Sydney Opera House) © Brian Sibley, 2001

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Colossus

Statue in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford © Brian Sibley, 2010

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Bridge

Sydney Harbour Bridge (with schoolgirls) photographed from Sydney Opera House © Brian Sibley, 2001

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Shells

Windows (and display cases) in Museo Storica Naturale, Fondaco Dei Turchi, Santa Croce, Venice, Italy © Brian Sibley, 2010

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Fairies

The three good fairies from Sleeping Beauty - Fauna, Merryweather and Flora - depicted on a stained-glass window in Le Château de la Belle au Bois (Sleeping Beauty's Castle) Disneyland Paris © 2001

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You can see two more windows from Le Château de la Belle au Bois here.

Big Ben

Photographed from St Stephen's Tavern, 10 Bridge Street, Westminster, City of London © David Weeks, 2010

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Tattoo Parlour

Tattoo Parlour, George Street, Hastings, Sussex © 2011

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