Panel Door Patterns Cross And Bible

There is another form if this where it shows it is on the bottom.

Panel door patterns cross and bible.

If you look at it it does look like a cross. See more ideas about stained glass stained glass patterns stain glass cross. The 6 panel door. The classic six panel door is sometimes known as a cross and bible door due to the apparent symbolism found in the door shape.

This morning we learned about the so called cross and bible or christian paneled doors that grace many old homes from our old house aficionado neighbor. See the image above the left door. The cross the bible the top. The top part represent a cross.

In colonial new england the paneled front door of a house in which the stiles and rails of the door form a pattern suggestive of a cross the two lower stiles and rails form a pattern vaguely suggestive of an open book representing the bible. It does not take too much imagination to see the shape of a christian cross in the arrangement of the top mullions and intersecting cross rail and only a slightly bigger leap of imagination to see the bottom two. See the right door in the image above. Also called a cross and bible door.

The middle rail and stile form a cross at the top between four panels and an open bible with both testaments two panels at the bottom. Stained glass lamp shades stained glass window film stained glass church custom stained glass faux stained glass stained glass designs stained glass panels stained glass patterns wallpaper crafts. Old house folklore describes the myth of quaker or christian symbolism in the carpentry design of 6 paneled doors. It was created from the original cross design pattern but this customized version has a dove and bible added.