Nennius
detail from St Elfod and Nennius
1958
Three-light window, with the outer lights mostly consisting of plain glass. The central light depicts a standing figure of Elfod wearing a mitre and holding a staff and cross. A kneeling figure below depicts Nennius holding a book.
size: 45 cm (width of each light)firm/studio: Goddard & Gibbsdesigner: Maud Francis Eyston SumnerChurch of St Michael, Abergele, Conwysouth wall of the sanctuary
Given in memory of William Morris Williams, Priest Canon of St Asaph Cathedral and Vicar of Abergele 1944-55.
Brightly coloured glass with minimal additional painting. The similarity in style to the window designed by the artist nearby at Prestatyn suggests that the window may have been made by Goddard and Gibbs.Elfod was bishop of Bangor in the eighth century and granted land for the building of the church at Abergele. Nennius was a disciple of Elfod and author of the Historia Britonnum. Elfod (ObjectID=3724 ImageID=6232) Original File Name=Abergele_DSC8738.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 10-01-2012
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Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to Goddard & GibbsClick here for other works connected to Maud Francis Eyston SumnerReferencesEdward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 98.
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, 2012.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/3724 (accessed 23 November 2024)
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