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Person: Isaiah
St. Francis de Sales Walls
Henry Dandurand Dagit (Architect),
Adolfo de Nesti,
1907
* Representations of Ezekiel (statue),
Gabriel (relief),
Isaiah (probable statue),
Jesus (multiple reliefs),
Saint John (statue),
Joseph (relief),
Saint Luke (statue),
The Magi (relief),
Saint Mark (statue),
Mary (multiple reliefs),
Saint Matthew (statue),
Saint Paul (statue),
Saint Peter (statue)
and
Pontius Pilate (relief)
* people
sitting, kneeling,
standing,
headgear,
book,
manger,
furniture,
staff,
sheep,
ox,
heads,
winged people,
Christian ideas, words, and symbols
* The angel in the first picture is on the North side of the building. Over the West Entrance is a relief of the adoration of the magi flanked by Ezekiel and presumably Isaiah as there is a tradition of pairing them with that subject. On the North side there are three entrances with reliefs above them and relief panels between them, including Jesus standing before Pilate. The first entrance, on the left, has a relief of the annunciation, flanked by Matthew and Mark. The main entrance, with a relief of Mary, a child Christ, and angels, is flanked by Peter and Paul, and the right entrance is a relief pieta flanked by Luke and John.
* inscription:
West entrance: THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH
Left North entrance: HAIL, FULL OF GRACE
Center North entrance: MY EYES SHALL BE OPEN AND MY EARS ATTENTIVE TO THE PRAYERS OF HIM THAT SHALL PRAY IN THIS HOUSE
Right North entrance: CHRIST DIED FOR US.
* Walls.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church.
Northeast corner, 47th and Springfield.
* 39.947150,-75.215194 [map] [nearby]
* On the Cedar Park, Clark Park, Portal tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church page
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Henry Dandurand Dagit page
+post about the life and work of Adolfo de Nesti at sfdshistory.wordpress.com
+wikipedia.org's Ezekiel page
+wikipedia.org's Gabriel page
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's John the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Saint Joseph page
+wikipedia.org's Luke the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Magi page
+wikipedia.org's Mark the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Mary, mother of Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's Matthew the Apostle page
+wikipedia.org's Paul the Apostle page
+wikipedia.org's Saint Peter page
+wikipedia.org's Pontius Pilate page
+desalesphilly.com
The Tableau
1986
* Representations of Adam,
David,
Eve,
Isaiah
and
The Magi
* groups of people,
standing people,
furniture,
sitting people,
headgear,
staffs, crutch,
tools,
Earth,
sun, moon, planets, stars,
water,
buildings,
plants,
lion,
lamb,
food,
serpent,
symbols
* Includes a representation of the City Hall William Penn
* inscription:
A series of 8 Sculptured Murals commissioned by
Monsigner Charles V. Devlin, PA, in 1986.
The first half of the tableau tells a story via
excerpts from biblical history from the
creation of the world to the birth of Jesus Christ:
I. Creation
II. Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
III. The Prophet Isaiah prophesying the Messiah
IV. King David
V. The Three Wisemen of the Epiphnany
The second half depicts the mission of St. John
the Evangelist Church and how we can all continue
the mystery of God's love by caring for the needs of:
VI. The sick
VII. The homeless and needy
VIII. The imprisoned
"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was
thirsty and you gave me drink, I was naked and
you clothed me, ...I was ill and you comforted me,
in prison and you came to visit me."
* North side of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.
East side of 13th between Chestnut and Market.
* 39.951300,-75.161300 [map] [nearby]
* On the Convention Center tour
* Exhibits: Religious,
Unidentified Artists
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Adam page
+wikipedia.org's David page
+wikipedia.org's Eve page
+wikipedia.org's Magi page
+stjohnsphilly.org
