The Road to Emmaus
detail from Scenes from the Resurrection of Christ
1918
Five-light window with five principal scenes. Flanking the Ascension at the centre are scenes of Peter and John, and the three women, at the empty tomb. On the right, Christ meets Mary Magdalene and Christ with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. The twelve disciples (including Matthias) are depicted in the tracery, with Marcella, Asaph, the pelican in her piety and the Agnus Dei.
size: 56 cm (width of each light)artist: Henry Gustave HillerChurch of St Marcella, Llanfarchell, Denbighshireeast wall of the south nave (window number: sI)
Signed by the artist.
Dedication: 'This window is dedicated to the honour and glory of God and in loving and grateful memory of their beloved parents by Cecil Wray Harrison and Elizabeth Frances his wife of "Goppa" Denbigh. Erected 1918. "Their children arise and call them blessed" '. The quote is adapted from Proverbs 31:28. (ObjectID=4426 ImageID=8340) Original File Name=Llanfarchell_DSC9677A.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 18-09-2018
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 179.
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.
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