St Thomas
detail from The Crucifixion with the Adoration of the Magi
1883, with glass from about 1483-5 and 1500
Five-light window comprising medieval glass worked into a nineteenth century design. The central three lights depict Christ crucified with angels between Mary and John, and below four figures flank the Virgin and Child. Standing figures of saints in the outer lights: David and Thomas, with a lion and a boar below.
firm/studio: Burlison & Gryllsrestorer: Burlison & GryllsChurch of St Mary, Nercwys, Flintshireeast wall of the chancel
Given in memory of Thomas Wynne & Frederick Francis Lloyd Fletcher.
The majority of the window is of 1883, incorporating fragments from at least two medieval windows. Several of the angels are medieval, as well as sections of the canopies. Also probably medieval are David's mitre, the head of John, and parts of the lion and boar. As the boar was the symbol of Richard III, this window can perhaps be dated to his short reign (1483-5). (ObjectID=2169 ImageID=5343) Original File Name=Nercwys_DSC3044.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 31, 35.
Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 404.
Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), pp. 5, 85-6.
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, 2011.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/2169 (accessed 25 November 2024)
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