Medieval Fragments including Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary

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mainly around 1500 with later fragments

Four-light window. Mainly medieval glass with partial scenes including the funeral, entombment, assumption and coronation in heaven of Mary.



Church of All Saints, Gresford, Wrexham
north wall of the Lady Chapel (window number: nIII)



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Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 04-10-2021

 

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• coronation of Mary by Christ 
• the assumption of Mary ('assumptio corporis'): she is borne into heaven by angels 
• the entombment of Mary 
• the funeral procession - Mary's death 
• the high priest Jechonias is punished for trying to overturn Mary's bier: his hands stick to it - Mary's death 

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Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 40.

Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), pp. 7, 41.

Jane Cartwright, Feminine Sanctity and Spirituality in Medieval Wales (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2008), pp. 27–8.

Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 171.

Photo © Martin Crampin

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