King Solomon
detail from Crucifixion with St Michael and Old and New Testament Subjects
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
larger image
1900
Five-light window with the crucified Christ flanked by Mary and John, with St Michael above flanked by musical angels. In the outer lights, Solomon and David are depicted on the left, while on the right Cornelius is shown kneeling before an angel and the Good Samaritan tends the wounded man below. Symbols at the base of the window include lilies and the eagle below Mary and John, the IHS monogram in the central light, and an image of the donor's husband, John Nixon, in the bottom right hand corner.
firm/studio: Robert J. NewberyChurch of St Margaret, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taffeast wall of chancel (window number: I)
Given by Elize Nixon in memory of her husband John Nixon (1815-1899).
Texts: 'For the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee' (1 Chronicles 29:20) 'In thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all' (1 Chronicles 29:12); 'Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.' (Acts 10:4); 'As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise' (Luke 6:31).
Photographed in 2007, when the east end of the church was being repaired, and the window could be seen in full. The lower part of the window is normally obscured by a stone reredos, erected about 1904. (ObjectID=1184 ImageID=3015) Original File Name=_MG_8451.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 19-10-2024
For other views of this work click on the image(s) below:This work is indexed under the following main subject(s):
for other works containing these subjects please click on the links.
Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 157.
Brian Davies, Interview with Brian Davies (Pontypridd Museum: 14 May 2007).
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 452.
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/1184 (accessed 21 November 2024)
View this object on the Imaging the Bible in Wales database
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
| |
back top
