Priscilla and Aquila, with Scenes Commemorating the Church Schools of the Parish
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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1967
Three-light window. Priscilla and Aquila are featured in the central light with a child. Images of the schools in the outer lights, with scenes in Victorian and modern dress.
size: 44 cmfirm/studio: Celtic StudiosChurch of St Matthew, Buckley, Flintshirenorth wall of north aisle
Text in the tracery: 'Wisdom, humility, brotherly love, gentleness, knowledge, enlightenment, faith, truth, temperance, diligence'. Left hand light: '1841-1963 Lane End Infants' School'. Central Light: '1849-1963 St. Matthew's Girls' & Boys' School'. Right hand light: '1857-1963 St. Matthew's Infants' School'.
This window was given by former teachers and scholars to the Glory of God to commemorate the church schools of the parish founded 1821 and closed 1963.Aquila of Pontus and his wife Priscilla were companions and helpers of St Paul. Appropriate figures here as they were the teachers of Apollos of Alexandria (Acts 18:2,18,26; Romans 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:19). (ObjectID=88 ImageID=767) Original File Name=_MG_1137.jpgRecord added by Charlene Crampin, edited by Martin Crampin. Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 20-12-2011
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Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to Celtic StudiosFurther readingJ. Clifford Jones, Buckley Parish Church 1822-1972 (Buckley: Buckley St Matthew's Churchwardens and Parochial Church Council, 1974), p. 44.
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, 2011. (record added by Charlene Crampin, with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
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