Angel Holding a Text
detail from Christ in Glory with Saints and other Characters from the Bible
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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about 1965
Five-light window with Christ in glory standing on a globe with angels above and figures standing and kneeling below. Two further windows flanking the main window show the figures 'Courage' (clearly suggestive of George and the Dragon); and 'Loyalty' (with a scene depicting a martyr being burned at the stake).
firm/studio: G. Maile & SonArlington Road Presbyterian Chapel, Porthcawl, Bridgendrear wall
Signed 'G. Maile Studios, 10-12 The Borough, Canterbury, Kent' with glove rebus.
Texts: 'Thou art the King of Glory O Christ'; (held by an angel) 'We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting'. (ObjectID=1811 ImageID=3858) Original File Name=_MG_7956.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 14-09-2020
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- angels
- Courage, Bravery, Valiance, Manliness (abstract concept represented by clothed male figure)
- David (not in biblical context)
- Frankness, Loyalty (abstract concept represented by clothed male figure)
- James the Great, apostle
- Mary, together with others, kneeling in adoration of Christ
- Moses (not in biblical context)
- St Andrew, apostle
- St Catherine of Alexandria, virgin martyr
- St Francis of Assisi
- St George and the dragon
- St John the Baptist
- St John the Evangelist, apostle
- St Luke the evangelist
- St Peter, apostle and first bishop of Rome
- Standing figure of the Risen Christ in Glory, sometimes with mandorla, perhaps with arms raised or outstretched.
Show more subjectsA Directory of Stained Glass Windows (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1966), p. 54.
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.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1811 (accessed 22 November 2024)
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