Masters of the Knights Hospitaller
1945
Four-light window. Standing figures and heraldry, with angels and saints in the tracery lights.
firm/studio: Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltddesigner: James HoganChurch of St John the Baptist, Cardiffeast wall of the south aisle chapel
Given in memory of Robert George, 1st earl of Plymouth, and Ivor Miles, 2nd earl of Plymouth, by the Priory for Wales of the order of St John of Jerusalem, at a cost of about £800.
The four figures are the Blessed Gerard (c.1040-c.1120) who was appointed rector of the hospice in Jerusalem in 1080 and founder of the Knights Hospitaller (Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem); Raymond Dupuy (1083-1160), who was the second superior of the order; Philip de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464-1534), a grand master of the order; John de la Valette (c.1495-1568), who was also a grand master of the order. (ObjectID=4834 ImageID=9237) Original File Name=Cardiff_StJohn_DSC8916B.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 21-11-2023
For other views of this work click on the image(s) below:For other artworks containing these subjects please click on the links below:A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1952), p. 75.
A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1955), p. 66.
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, 2023.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4834 (accessed 20 April 2024)
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