Giving Shelter to a Stranger
detail from Christ in Majesty with Acts of Mercy
1866
Three-light window illustrating acts of mercy (with reference to Matthew chapter 25) flanking Christ seated in majesty in the central light. Angels holding instruments of the Passion above in the tracery lights.
firm/studio: Clayton & BellChurch of St Stephen, Bodfari, Denbighshireeast wall of the chancel
Given by Miss Mesham in memory of Mrs Barrett. Although some sources suggest a date of 1866 for the gift, stylistically the glass is closer to the work of the firm in the 1870s and after. (ObjectID=4444 ImageID=8375) Original File Name=P7211518.jpegRecord added by Peter Jones, edited by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 23-07-2012
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Show more subjectsJ. L. Roberts, St Stephen's Bodfari and parish throughout the ages 500 BC to 1930 AD (c. 1978).
ReferencesEdward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 328.
Malcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 7.
D. R. Thomas, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph (Oswestry: Caxton Press, 1908-1913), vol. II, p. 4.
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, 2012. (record added by Peter Jones)
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