David and Abigail
probably 1520s
Abigail and her maidens, with gifts, kneel before David and his men. Scene behind with figures on horseback, before a castle. A roundel above depicts a prophet.
Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Dulas, Angleseynorth wall of the nave (window number: nIV)
The scene may illustrate that described in 1 Samuel 25:20-35, when Abigail brings food to David's men, or 25:42, where Abigail comes with five maids to be David's wife. (ObjectID=3851 ImageID=6799) Original File Name=Llanwenllwyfo_MG_7473.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 27-04-2018
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Click here for other works at this siteFurther readingJ. O. Hughes, A Short Guide to the Early 16th Century Glass of Llanwenllwyfo Church Isle of Anglesey (1995), p. 15.
J. O. Hughes, Catherine Hughes and Avril Lloyd, Trysorau Cudd: Gwydr Lliw yn Santes Gwenllwyfo, Dulas, Môn/Hidden Gems: Stained Glass at the Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Anglesey (Aberystwyth: Sulien, 2016), pp. 22, 66-7.
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, 2018.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/3851 (accessed 11 July 2025)
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