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The Ascension with Christ, Mary and Martha and Christ Blessing the Children

  The Ascension with Christ, Mary and Martha and Christ Blessing the Children

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

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about 1854

Three-light window.

size: 44 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: William Wailes

Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire
south wall of Whitley Chancel (window number: sIII)

Inscriptions: 'But one thing is needful and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her.' (Luke 10:42) 'This same Jesus which is taken from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have see him go into heaven.' (Acts 1:11) 'Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.' (Matthew 18:4) 'Christ the firstfruits afterwards they that are Christ's at his coming.' (1 Corinthians 15:23) Tracery inscription: 'Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.' (Matthew 5:8)

Dedication: In memory of Lavinia wife of Henry Glynne rector of this parish who died October 3rd 1850 aged 29 and also of Catherine their daughter who died February 13th 1854.



 
Record added by Charlene Crampin, edited by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 27-04-2018

 

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References

Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 367.

Malcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 17.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2018. (record added by Charlene Crampin)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/146 (accessed 28 March 2024)



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  The Ascension with Christ, Mary and Martha and Christ Blessing the Children

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