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The Ascension

  The Ascension

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

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1898

Three-light window.


firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls

Church of St David, Carreg-wen, Pembrokeshire
west wall

Angels hold text: 'ye men of Galilee why stand ye gazing up into heaven'.

The artist depicts eleven apostles on the Mount of Olives, and has not included the figure of the Virgin Mary, common in such representations.

 
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 16-02-2021

 

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References

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 278.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2021. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/381 (accessed 23 December 2024)



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  The Ascension

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales



 
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