Angel of Peace

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

1930

Single-light window.

size: 61 cm (width)
designer: A. E. Child

Church of Emmanuel, Buckley, Flintshire
north wall

Signed and dated by the artist.

Texts: 'The Lord of peace give you peace always' (2 Thessalonians 3:16); 'The Lord will bless his people with peace' (Psalm 29:11).

Dedication: 'To the glory of God and in memory of John and Jane Jones who died Dec. 1927 and Sept. 1917. Given by their son.'

The angel carries a palm branch, traditionally the symbol of victory, and in Christian iconography the martyr's triumph over death. He also holds a laurel wreath, symbolizing triumph and eternity. Paul contrasts the laurel wreath, reward of the victor in ancient contests, with the imperishable wreath with which the victorious Christian is crowned, in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. The fact that laurel does not wilt or fade was the reason for the original choice.

Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 26-10-2020

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References

Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 333.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 26.

Nicola Gordon Bowe, 'Interpreting the Bible through Painted Glass: The Harry Clarke Studios and Wilhelmina Geddes (1887-1955)' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), p. 207.

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Martin 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)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/49 (accessed 26 December 2024)

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