Various Scenes
probably seventeenth century
Various scenes and figures arranged together at the centre of a large single-light window. Top to bottom, left to right: oval roundel depicting a nimbed and crowned male figure, with an inscription dated 1650; standing figures of Peter holding keys and a female saint holding a lamb and a palm; male and female saint, possibly Peter, with cockerel by his side and a book and keys below, also inset images of a tree and cloverleaf; nimbed standing figure of a monk holding a book and chalice; crowned standing figure of a king holding a sword and orb; nimbed standing figure of a nun reading a book; Christ arising from the tomb with startled soldiers below; shepherds and women adoring the new-born Christ-child. A detached oval panel at the top of the window shows the dove of the Holy Spirit descending.
size: 95 cm (width)Church of St Mary and St Michael, Llanarth, Monmouthshire(liturgical) north wall of the nave
The scenes are mostly grisaille, coloured with enamels and some silver stain. (ObjectID=3885 ImageID=6918) Original File Name=Llanarth_DSC6795.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 21-10-2013
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 64.
Andrew Renton, 'Discovering Pre-1700 Stained Glass in South Wales' Vidimus, vol. 34 (November 2009).
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), pp. 265-6.
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, 2013.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/3885 (accessed 14 November 2024)
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