Mark Kirby
Architectural historian, C17 church architecture & furnishings. Chairman of Council of the Ecclesiological Society.
- Gouda, Sint Janskerk, Day 20, window 22. Top part designed and made by Dirck Crabeth, 1565-69, given by William the Silent, Prince of Orange. Bottom part by Daniel Tomberg, 1657, given by assorted Gouda civic dignitaries. Jesus Cleansing the Temple (Matthew 21, John 2 et al).
- Gouda, Sint Janskerk, Day 19. After the cycle of windows on the life of John the Baptist, things get complicated. The nearby Emmaus Monastery was closed in 1572 & 7 of its 11 windows (new, probably by Dirck Crabeth) were transferred to Sint Janskerk. Here is the Betrayal at Gethsemane.
- Gouda, Sint Janskerk, Day 18, window 19. Designed and made by Willem Tybaut of Haarlem, 1570. Given by Henrick van Swol, commander of the Knights Hospitaller in Haarlem. The final & gruesome episode in the cycle of John the Baptist windows - his beheading.
- Gouda, Sint Janskerk, Day 17, window 18. Designed and made by Dirck Crabeth, 1556. Given by the descendants of Gerrit Heye Gerritz, mayor of Gouda. The theme continues the narrative of the life of John the Baptist, whose disciples question Jesus about his identity.
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- Gouda, Sint Janskerk, Day 16, window 17. Designed and made by Jan van Zijl, 1556-57. Given by Wolter van Byler, commander of the Knights Hospitaller of St John, Utrecht. John the Baptist Rebukes King Herod & Herodias.
- @markculham.bsky.social, Anthony Wells-Cole gave a very interesting paper at the New Insights conference last Saturday about the sources used in the windows in Wadham College, Oxford.
- Gouda, Sint Janskerk, Day 15, window 16. Designed and made by Dirck Crabeth, 1556. Given by Cornelis van Mierop, dean of the Oudmunster, Utrecht. Jesus Witnessing to Himself. One of the oldest and best preserved of the Gouda windows. Not a great photo. Apologies.
- Gouda, Sint Janskerk, Day 14, window 15. Designed and made by Dirck Crabeth, 1555-56. Given by Joris van Egmond, bishop of Utrecht. This is the centre window in the apse - The Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. It was the 1st window to be installed after the fire of 1522.
