The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 9, 1902, Page 5

THL STUNDAY CALL. ’ o e -«:{gn i INTERIOR FROM THE CHOIR LOFT... CARVED MEMORIAL ARCHES New Reifice fer This Mest Richly En- dewed Universith 1n the Werld. -l ated ® the Mimorl of enator Lheland Stanforc. o »n r (1] i n m — e memorial architect was Clinton Day of San Fran- i L L oo lalt. i B mohRd? e x. w: s in rich colors and gold, which latter effect painting by . enters largely into the color scheme of the . Above a large mosaic repre- interior. The transept galleries, of carved septing * he original {, “stone and steel, have railings carved in a _of which, done by Cosimo Rosselli in the .chaste design that are said to represent fifteenth century \e Sistine Chapel the finest work of its kind in the United at Rome Stanford Me- s relief in marble of a Entombment.™ From the tower shine the four faces of what i clock on the of the chime are four and thelr sweet notes ‘are rter hour,. both night and . the faces oF the wlock azH States. The finely exccuted stone work in morial Church and only bne 2 by 2 welbrant the church has been under the direction ever permitted to b Above or be- € The machinery of the in- of John D. McGilvray, but the mag twesn the windows of the apse, which ciplied in o glass. cane, and cent mosaics came dircet from Italy repres:nt the crucifixion, the burial and - reached by a winding stair- is doubtful if more elaborate decorations resurrection of Christ, is a Gloria Del An- . G ovpre GRRE Rt 38 DNSHONE in mosaic can be fo America. This &ell : - ry, in Troy, N. Y. The Sl d - (0. et S1ohe TepResent tending around the entire apse, just ate of those on th: an outlay. of over $30,000. above the altar and on a line with the g in London. Gived:: AN’ thie A sciptired bent “vm,drv’f‘s are a W B :zur»- 1».“ rved doors lead Into the wide i tbo, ik riliione lght or tocty. Bole; . sipestenting [ 4 Jerwtal, will deliver the and groined oaken ceiling. From this IS et WUk Taiai o New: LR The ks Shhes. o Uiterribas oy ‘ or Brecks 90t the Sags peopostiosied Jnt York. These windows were on exhibition poc o o o5 5 oY RS myisic to_bb given, miich fhe Might.and Wit at the ‘Pan-American tbition. The ngl‘ S ST TSN s Moorish arches and the lace like trac i oo mrm)’m e Eie welve nich it “-‘]Ps’ e o 0ia. ot of Mz casvinh Sprewses: ope K¥ Sruly 15 the most beautiful effects from the inte- "mf";;‘:”,“i 'n ;,‘Tr,;"f: “”]r:tz:u‘f‘:”_ poem in stn:rr, In the center ozdm.. S J v e s e T B e sl Dy four huge fifty-fwo-foot carved arch it DR Al Gt e ot 2 le, six on : ¢ the & o Stk A T i, Ticar mans o “ih‘m ‘°Amir::_‘: ::: ‘ever "‘J‘mé'u‘id’ tar. They are majestic and beautiful crea- " = 1 , o1 2t i - tions and were brought from Italy, where memorial ©f forty feet, mark off the softly lighted Twenty of these windows, many of them 1.y were carved by the sculptors, Sereg- rose window owed by the Space beneath the dome. From the crown in the transept galler are single flgure py ang Bierneri. Each statue welghs a panels representing prominent characters ton or two, and the windows and statues of the Old Testament. Twenty-seven of in the church alone represent an outlay them are taken from the Tissot serles of of hundreds of - thousands of dollars. painti; , representing scenes in the life There could he nothing more beautiful of Christ from his childhood up. Their than the altar of the Memorial Church fine coloring is nothing short of wonderful and its surroundings. in beauty. Facing the apse at the northern extrem- To the left of the apse Is the lectern, ity of the nave s the choir loft, where or phlpit, of stome, heavily carved stands the grand organ, with seats for in appropriate designs—the cross, lilies, 150 singers between its two sides. The etc. This is a fine example of keys of the comsole, or key board, below rich church . accessories. Broad white and facing the singers, have electrical con- marble steps lead up toward the nection with the 3000 pipes of the organ. altar of purest white Carrara marble, This grand instrument has forty-six which is surrounded by the richest deco- stops, contains thirty miles of wire, and ration of the whole edifice. Upon the has the handsomest front ever placed on white altar rests a striking group in mar- an organ. Like the rest of the sacred ble—a copy of the holy family, by Thor- edifice, veneers nor shams have no part waldsen, a group that compels the devo- in Its construction. tion of the beholder by its pure strength Could no loftler theme be found, its and beauty. first notes might well be sounded in Uniquely designed candelabra will shed praise of the stately and beautiful cres & soft light upon the altar, which is faced tion in stone that surrounds it ese hes springs a cove ceiling, done i ne most richly colored mosaics, with lifesize figures of angels in different at tudes. Above, the ceiling narrow: thi ircle above the fres- coed celling of the t dome. The height from the floor to the apex of the dome is golden of the tip of this to a r-two-foot open e apse and the wings 106 feet. The vaulted ceiling of the nave is beau- tifully carved in wood, upheld by copper- hed binding rods and light and grace- hammerbeam trusses. The ceiling is hich the church e and out, is buff exter rough hewn, and used the interfor carefully sur- Seventy feet above the floor, which is of The wings of the transept have the richest Moori tiling, with a slight their own entrances, and the four gables cline toward the apse. ©of pave, transept wings and apse are The carving on the arches and columns ted by an imposing twelve-sided bel- is exquisite, and its\ foliated beauty giv. fry tower, of which the base has an out- to each of the memorial arches the deli- Gothic flying buttresses cacy of being surrounded by a wide fold he tower on each side, and of lace. The capitals of the larger arches ers of the tower are flanked are surmounted by carven cherubs of ng from the angles between most wonderful workmanship. Over the 'he church is cruciform. Its arches of the doorways, which are a 2 | 1