The Ascension of Elijah
detail from The Ascension with the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Resurrection

Photo © Martin Crampin, Friends of Friendless Churches larger image

1869 Three-light window. Three main scenes depict (from left to right) Mary and Joseph with the infant Christ adored by shepherds with angels above; Christ ascending with angels and four disciples clustered together below; the risen Christ holding a cross with soldiers below and angels above. Further panels below each scene depict (left to right) Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses, the ascension of Elijah and Elijah raising the widow's son. firm/studio: James Powell & Sons designer: Harry Ellis Wooldridge Church of St Mary, Derwen, Denbighshire south wall of the chancel Given by Robert Wynn in memory of his parents in 1869.  (ObjectID=2098 ImageID=5095) Original File Name=mc_00551cr.jpg

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• adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present  [Luke 2:16]
• angels 
• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 
• Elijah hands the revived boy over to his mother, the widow of Zarephath  [1 Kings 17:23-24]
• the Ascension  [Acts 1:9-11; Luke 24:50-51]
• the ascension of Elijah: a chariot, horses of fire and a whirlwind appear and Elijah is carried up into heaven; Elijah's cloak falls (or he hands it over to Elisha)  [2 Kings 2:1-18]
• the finding of Moses: Pharaoh's daughter comes to bathe with her maidens in the river and discovers the child floating on the water  [Exodus 2:5-6]

William Waters, Damozels and Deities: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1870–1898 (Abbots Morton: Seraphim, 2017), p. 262.

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 124.

D. R. Thomas, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph (Oswestry: Caxton Press, 1908-1913), vol. II, p. 72.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Friends of Friendless Churches

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