An Angel Greets the Three Women at the Empty Tomb
detail from An Angel Greets the Three Women at the Empty Tomb and Christ Appearing to St Mary Magdalene
around 1890
Two-light window with an angel addressing the three women at the empty tomb after the Resurrection in the left-hand light, and Christ standing as Mary Magdalene kneels before him in the right-hand light. Angels at the head of both lights. A prophet in the trefoil at top of the window holds a text.
firm/studio: Lavers, Barraud & WestlakeChurch of St John, Porthmadog, Gwyneddnorth wall of the chancel (window number: nII)
The text held by the prophet at the top of the window reads 'I know that my redeemer liveth' (Job 19:25).
Text beneath the scene in the left-hand light: 'Why seek ye the living among the dead' (Luke 24:5), and beneath the scene in the right-hand light 'Touch me not' (John 20:17).
The window is not visible from the main body of the church; photographs taken from above the roofed meeting room created in the original chancel. (ObjectID=5506 ImageID=10775) Original File Name=Porthmadog_DSC0250-71C.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 04-11-2024
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Show more subjectsRichard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 499.
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.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/5506 (accessed 23 December 2024)
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