Angel of Peace
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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1930
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size: 61 cm (width)designer: A. E. ChildChurch of Emmanuel, Buckley, Flintshirenorth wall
Signed and dated by the artist.
Texts: 'The Lord of peace give you peace always' (2 Thessalonians 3:16); 'The Lord will bless his people with peace' (Psalm 29:11).
Dedication: 'To the glory of God and in memory of John and Jane Jones who died Dec. 1927 and Sept. 1917. Given by their son.'The angel carries a palm branch, traditionally the symbol of victory, and in Christian iconography the martyr's triumph over death. He also holds a laurel wreath, symbolizing triumph and eternity. Paul contrasts the laurel wreath, reward of the victor in ancient contests, with the imperishable wreath with which the victorious Christian is crowned, in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. The fact that laurel does not wilt or fade was the reason for the original choice. (ObjectID=49 ImageID=176) Original File Name=_MG_1283.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 26-10-2020
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Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to A. E. ChildReferencesEdward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 333.
Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 26.
Nicola Gordon Bowe, 'Interpreting the Bible through Painted Glass: The Harry Clarke Studios and Wilhelmina Geddes (1887-1955)' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), p. 207.
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, 2020. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/49 (accessed 8 December 2024)
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