Vestibule War Memorial Window

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

about 1920

A single-light window, with the Dove of the Holy Spirit dscending upon the open Bible, the symbol of the Calvinistic Methodist Church. Below is a list of the men who lost their lives. Two lit torches appear at the side.

Penrallt Baptist Chapel, Bangor, Gwynedd
vestibule

The flaming torch can be symbolic of martyrdom (compare with emblem of St Dorothea). It is also an emblem of the Passion, deriving from John 18:3.

Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 20-12-2011

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the Holy Ghost descending amid rays of light on an open Bible, sometimes with the seven seals [Revelation 5:1-5; John 8:12]

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/883 (accessed 19 April 2024)

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