Te Deum and Tree of Jesse
1500, restored in 1867
Seven-light window. Numerous figures arranged as figures representing the Te Deum (main lights) and the Tree of Jesse (tracery lights).
The figures below are mostly arranged in threes or fours, with Latin texts from the Te Deum below each group. The seven large figures above (mostly a combination of old and new glass) are standing figures of Mary, John, Mary on the knee of the seated Christ, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit seated holding a dove, Gabriel, and female figure that is perhaps another figure of Mary. Except for Gabriel, all figures are set in a mandorla, and all have angels about their heads.
The figure of Jesse, at the base of the central tracery lights, is probably modern, but some of the unnamed kings are late medieval. A tiny Virgin and Child is included in the uppermost light.
size: 50 cm (width of each light) [approx]restorer: Clayton & BellChurch of All Saints, Gresford, Wrexhameast wall of the chancel (window number: I)
Given by Thomas Lord Stanley in 1500. Much restored using surviving fragments (of various dates) in 1867, and incorporating new glass made by Clayton and Bell.
Whether or not these were the original subjects of the window is not certain. (ObjectID=984 ImageID=6315) Original File Name=Gresford_MG_5700.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 28-12-2020
For other views of this work click on the image(s) below:This work is indexed under the following main subject(s):
for other works containing these subjects please click on the links.
Show more subjects Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to Clayton & BellFurther readingMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 36-7, 42, 48.
Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 171.
Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), pp. 7-8, 38-9.
Martin Crampin, 'Biblical Art from Wales: The Mediaeval Influence' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. 126-7.
Painton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), p. 220.
ReferencesJane Cartwright, Feminine Sanctity and Spirituality in Medieval Wales (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2008), pp. 154–5.
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.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/984 (accessed 5 October 2024)
View this object on the Imaging the Bible in Wales database
Photo © Martin Crampin
| |
 
back top