Christ Standing on the Waters with Scenes from the Gospels
about 1912
Three-light window with Christ and angels in the upper part of the window. The scenes below are Christ teaching in a boat, Christ walking on the water (with Peter who is partly submerged by the waves), and Christ by the lakeside with disciples in a boat and another dragging the catch ashore.
size: 50 cm (width of each light) [approx]firm/studio: James Powell & SonsChurch of St Gwenfaen, Rhoscolyn, Angleseyeast wall of the chancel (window number: I)
The text running across the upper part of the window is from Psalm 107: 23–4: (beneath angel with anchor) 'They that go down to the sea in ships'; (beneath Christ on the waters) 'These men see the works of the Lord'; (beneath angel with nets) 'and His wonders in the deep.' Texts beneath the lower scenes: 'He taught the people out of the ship' (Luke 5:3), 'It is I be not afraid' (Matthew 14:27, Mark 6:50, John 6:20), 'Bring of the fish which you have now caught' (John 21:10). (ObjectID=1253 ImageID=10486) Original File Name=Rhoscolyn_DSC5830A.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 25-09-2024
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 177.
Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), pp. 216–7.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2024.
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