Tree of Jesse and Saints
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1914
Five-light window depicting the Tree of Jesse flanked by two three-light windows depicting saints.
Jesse is flanked by David and Solomon, with Abraham and Ruth in the outer lights. Above Old Testament Kings kneel in adoration of Christ seated in Majesty, holding a book with the text 'The word was God' (John 1:1). In the outer lights are the figures of Mary and Joseph, with scenes showing the Annunciation and the Nativity. In the tracery are two trumpeting angels with the text 'He ever liveth' (Hebrews 7:25), with seraphim, the dove of the Holy Spirit and the alpha and omega.
The patron of the church, Giles, is depicted with the Welsh saints Asaph and David, with Dunawd, Deiniol and Collen in the right-hand window.
firm/studio: James Powell & SonsChurch of St Giles, Wrexhameast wall of the chancel
Installed with the reredos at the time of the renovation of the chancel. Given in memory of John Allington Hughes by his daughter.
The new glass displaced that by David Evans from the east window, scenes from which were subsequently reset in the north window of the chancel. (ObjectID=3191 ImageID=4893) Original File Name=_MG_7263.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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- 'Pantocrator', Christ enthroned, making a speaking or blessing gesture and holding a book
- Abraham (not in biblical context)
- David as musician, usually playing the harp
- Jesse - father of David
- Ruth
- Solomon (not in biblical context); possible attributes of Solomon: crown, sceptre, sword
- the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel [Luke 1:26-38]
- the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools
- tree of Jesse: genealogical tree showing Christ's ancestors, sprouting from Jesse's loins [Matthew 1:1-16; Luke 3:23-38]
- upright figures of Mary without the Christ-child
Show more subjectsEdward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 301.
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.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/3191 (accessed 19 April 2024)
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