Houéville, church - stained glass window
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This stained glass window represents the Immaculate Conception, the Virgin Mary.
This stained glass window depicts the Immaculate Conception, one of the most emblematic representations of the Virgin Mary. In the center, Mary, in prayer, is dressed in her traditional habit, a white dress and a blue cloak. Under her feet, a crescent moon and a crushed serpent, which symbolizes the victory of the Virgin over evil, in reference to the prophecy of Genesis ("She will crush the serpent's head" - Genesis 3:15). Around her head, a halo surrounded by stars, recalling the vision of the heavenly woman in the Apocalypse ("A woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars" - Revelation 12:1). The frame of the stained glass window, richly decorated, is adorned with Gothic motifs, with slender arches and floral elements reminiscent of medieval ornamentation. This stained glass window is characteristic of the 19th century, a time when the Immaculate Conception became an official dogma of the Catholic Church (1854) and when we saw a proliferation of its representations in churches.This stained glass window depicts the Immaculate Conception, one of the most emblematic representations of the Virgin Mary. In the center, Mary, in prayer, is dressed in her traditional habit, a white dress and a blue cloak. Under her feet, a crescent moon and a crushed serpent, which symbolizes the victory of the Virgin over evil, in reference to the prophecy of Genesis ("She will crush the serpent's head" - Genesis 3:15). Around her head, a halo surrounded by stars, recalling the vision of the heavenly woman in the Apocalypse ("A woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars" - Revelation 12:1). The frame of the stained glass window, richly decorated, is adorned with Gothic motifs, with slender arches and floral elements reminiscent of medieval ornamentation. This stained glass window is characteristic of the 19th century, a time when the Immaculate Conception became an official dogma of the Catholic Church (1854) and when we saw a proliferation of its representations in churches.
This stained glass window depicts the Immaculate Conception, one of the most emblematic representations of the Virgin Mary. In the center, Mary, in prayer, is dressed in her traditional habit, a white dress and a blue cloak. Under her feet, a crescent moon and a crushed serpent, which symbolizes the victory of the Virgin over evil, in reference to the prophecy of Genesis ("She will crush the serpent's head" - Genesis 3:15). Around her head, a halo surrounded by stars, recalling the vision of the heavenly woman in the Apocalypse ("A woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars" - Revelation 12:1). The frame of the stained glass window, richly decorated, is adorned with Gothic motifs, with slender arches and floral elements reminiscent of medieval ornamentation. This stained glass window is characteristic of the 19th century, a time when the Immaculate Conception became an official dogma of the Catholic Church (1854) and when we saw a proliferation of its representations in churches.
