page_title: Clifton Cathedral
section_title: Narthex
hierarchical_section_title: Clifton Cathedral / Interior / Narthex
caption_attribution_description: English: Clifton Cathedral, Clifton Park, Bristol BS8 3BX, UK
context_page_description: The Cathedral Church of SS. Peter and Paul is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the city of Bristol. Located in the Clifton area of the city, it is the seat and mother church of the Diocese of Clifton and is known as Clifton Cathedral. It has been a Grade II* Listed Building since 2000. From the 1970s, one church building, Clifton Cathedral, is Grade II*. It was the first Cathedral built under new guidelines arising from the Second Vatican Council.
context_section_description: The narthex is a zone of transition from the busy world of everyday life outside, to a quieter and more intimate spiritual space within the cathedral.
  
  The West Country artist Henry Haig designed the windows [W on Plan]. The glass windows use a technique known as  dalle de verre – shaped coloured glass pieces mounted in metal frames with epoxy resin – constructed from over 8,000 pieces of glass collected from England, France and Germany. The window closest to the Portal of St Paul [W on Plan] is titled 'Jubilation', intended to express the Catholic concept of joy in God's Creation, and prompted by the Second Vatican Council’s instructions on a duty of care for the environment. The window nearer the Portal of St Peter is titled 'Pentecost’ [W on Plan]. Here the artist has created a swirling image 
  to depict the experience of the Apostles after the death of Jesus, a moment of re-creation for the Church.
caption: Narthex window 'Pentecost' by Henry Haig, Clifton Cathedral
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