The Sower
1919
Single-light window with Christ depicted as the sower and a scene showing Paul preaching in Athens in a lower panel.
size: 38 cm (width)firm/studio: Morris & Co.designer: Edward Coley Burne-JonesChurch of St Mary, Betws-y-coed, Conwywest wall of the south aisle
One of a pair of windows at the west end of the church with Salvator Mundi.
The image of Christ as the sower is a late design (1897) by Burne-Jones.An effective juxtaposition. The Sower, shown here as Jesus, and Paul (identified conventionally as bald-headed) preaching at Areopagus in Athens before the altar of the unknown god (DEO IGNOTO on the column). Both images refer to the proclamation of the gospel, indiscriminately, to those who will receive it, and those who will not. (ObjectID=69 ImageID=131) Original File Name=Betws_Sower_DSC1434.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 03-11-2020
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Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to Morris & Co.Click here for other works connected to Edward Coley Burne-JonesFurther readingLarry J. Kreitzer, 'Images of the Apostle Paul in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Wales' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. 238-9.
ReferencesRichard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 268.
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, 2020. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
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