page_title: Stained glass in Liverpool Cathedral
section_title: East window
hierarchical_section_title: Stained glass in Liverpool Cathedral / Description / East window
caption_attribution_description: English: East window by John William Brown, 1921. Taken from the Dulverton Bridge.
context_page_description: The stained glass in Liverpool Cathedral all dates from the 20th century. The designs were planned by a committee working in conjunction with the architect of the cathedral, Giles Gilbert Scott, with the intention of forming an integrated scheme throughout the cathedral. A number of stained glass designers were involved in the scheme, but the major contributors came from James Powell and Sons, in particular J. W. Brown, James Hogan, and Carl Edwards.
  The subjects portrayed in the windows are numerous and diverse. They include scenes and characters from the Old and New Testaments, evangelists, church fathers, saints, and laymen, some famous, others more humble. The windows in the Lady Chapel celebrate the part that women have played in Christianity. The designs in the windows at the ends of the cathedral are based on canticles, the east window on the Te Deum laudamus, and the west window on the Benedicite. The earlier designs are dark, but the later windows are much brighter and more colourful. Much of the glass was damaged by bombing in the Second World War. The windows replacing them were based on the originals, but often using simpler and more colourful designs.
context_section_description: The east window, designed by Brown, dominates the east end of the cathedral, rising above the reredos, and is based on the theme of the Te Deum laudamus.  At the top of the window is the risen Christ, and around and below are members of the heavenly choir.  Under this are four lancet windows, each representing one of the communities praising God.  The left window represents 'the company of the apostles', with Saint Raphael at the top.  Below are fourteen figures; the twelve apostles, excluding Judas Iscariot but including Saint Matthias, with Saint Paul and Saint Barnabas.  The next window commemorates 'the goodly fellowship of the apostles'. At the top is Saint Michael, with fifteen figures below.  These include Isaiah, Elijah, John the Baptist, Saint Athanasius, Saint Augustine, John Wycliffe, Thomas Cranmer, and John Wesley.  The third window represents 'the noble army of martyrs', with Archangel Gabriel at the top.  Below are fifteen Christian martyrs, starting with Saint Stephen.  Underneath are Zechariah and the Holy Innocents, Saint Alban, Saint Oswald, and Saint Boniface.  At the bottom are figures representing martyrs from Madagascar, Africa, Melanesia, and China.  The lancet window on the right commemorates 'the holy church throughout all the world', with an angel, possibly Uriel, at the top.  Underneath are various representations: King Alfred as a warrior, Dante as a poet, Fra Angelico as a painter, the musician J. S. Bach, the scientist Isaac Newton, and the physician Thomas Linacre.  Other figures commemorate law, commerce, scholarship, and architecture.  Also included are Christopher Columbus and Francis Drake.
caption: East window
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