Wordless wednesday: Adam, Eve, a Lion, and the usual strategically placed foliage

Adam and Eve


19 Responses to “Wordless wednesday: Adam, Eve, a Lion, and the usual strategically placed foliage”

  1. Carmi says:

    What stunning piece of work! Where did you find this wonder? You have captured it with such grace…which isn’t easy when working with stained glass.

  2. bodhipaksa says:

    Glad you like it. The window is in the monastery of Debre Libanos in Ethiopia. Quite a few of my WW submissions have been of that site.

  3. I love stained glass art work. This is an interesting piece.

    Happy Wordless Wednesday.

  4. Mommy On Top says:

    Very nice indeed! And you don’t see much of Adam and Eve illustrations with the lion. Usually it’s the snake that’s with them.

    Happy WW!

  5. CK Go Places says:

    That’s very colourful. It’s very nice. Happy WW! :)

  6. Lagawan says:

    this is so beautiful. Grea shot!!

    Happy WW!!!!!

  7. Cookie says:

    i love the colors on this stained glass work of art…beautiful!!

  8. Swampy says:

    Vibrant ! Where was this taken or did I miss that bit of information somewhere? OOPS! I scrolled back up and found your comment. I’ve never been to Ethiopia !

    It almost looks like a painting that almost takes my breath away and is quite surely almost the best capture of stained glass I’ve ever seen !

    Interesting that a lion is “featured” with them rather than the serpent.

  9. June says:

    Very beautiful! Happy WW…

  10. bodhipaksa says:

    Hi Swampy. Yes, it’s interesting it’s a lion. As far as I’m aware there’s no lion in the myth except maybe where Adam is naming the beasts, so I can only imagine that this is before the “fall.” The Lion of Judah is Ethiopia’s national animal, so I guess that’s why it’s in the window.

  11. I love the colors, simply captivating…

    I wonder if you might wanna join our Monochrome Friday meme, this Friday’s theme is about Windows/Door.

  12. bodhipaksa says:

    Monochrome Friday: count me in. I’ve already put a post together and I’ll submit it on Friday.

  13. Robin says:

    Beautiful!

    Robin of mytwoblessings

  14. REVERIE says:

    Gorgeous! thanks for sharing.

    I have two this week:

    http://www.onevintagephoto.wordpress.com
    and
    http://www.brownstudies.wordpress.com

    As always, I love visitors to my main blog http://www.twobarkingdogs.wordpress.com but I couldn’t be wordless today!

  15. Beautiful photo. Stained glass is one of my favorite art forms. Happy WW! Thanks for sharing this.

  16. Katy Yelland says:

    I’ve never seen such a strategically placed lion!


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Published: Nov 11 2008

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