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Wellesley College’s new stained glass features a goddess of many truths

By Evan Allen

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 29, 2012

Painstakingly assembled from more than 600 tiny pieces of hand-painted glass, “Veritas,’’ the newest stained-glass window at Wellesley College’s Houghton Memorial Chapel, shows the Goddess of Truth holding a glowing yellow lantern, her face serene and bright. Flanked by her sisters Wisdom and Loyalty, this Goddess is different: She’s not white. And she stands above a world tree ringed by the symbols of 14 different religions and beliefs.

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