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Virgin Mary with Angels
detail from The Virgin Mary and a Woman Performing Acts of Mercy

  Virgin Mary with Angels    detail from    The Virgin Mary and a Woman Performing Acts of Mercy

Photo © Martin Crampin

Detail of the central light.

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about 1889

Three-light window. Mary is shown standing in an attitude of prayer in the centre light, attended by angels. In the left-hand light, a woman performing acts of mercy, and is welcomed into heaven by angels in the right-hand light.

size: 40 cm (width of each light) [approx]
firm/studio: Ward & Hughes
designer: George Measures Parlby

Church of St Mary, Ruabon, Wrexham
north wall of the north aisle

Texts: 'Well done, good and faithful servant ... enter thou into the joy of thy lord' (Matthew 25:23); 'My soul doth magnify the Lord' (Luke 1:46) [above with the angels: 'Blessed are the merciful' (Matthew 5:7)

Dedication: In memory of Charlotte Eva Edwards d.1889.



 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011

 

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Further reading

T. W. Pritchard, Ruabon Parish Church Denbighshire (Much Wenlock: RJL Smith, 1998), p. 22.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1012 (accessed 22 December 2024)



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  Virgin Mary with Angels    detail from    The Virgin Mary and a Woman Performing Acts of Mercy

Photo © Martin Crampin



 
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