St Martin and Humility
Photo © Martin Crampin
1933
Two-light window with standing figures in a landscape. Martin stands alone, cutting his cloak, while the female figure representing Humility cradles a lamb.
size: 46 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: Morris & Co.
designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Church of St Cynog, Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taff
north wall of the chancel (window number: nIV)
Both figures were designed by Edward Burne-Jones, and were painted by Chadwick; the backgrounds were drawn by W.H. Knight.
Given in memory of Sarah (died 1919), grandchild of Philip Watkins of Ysguborfawr, and widow of Jenkin Rhys, and also of her second son Philip (died 1906), by her daughters Mary Edwin-Jones and Sarah Jennet Gibbins.
The figure of Humility was originally designed for a window in Boston (USA) in 1883. The cartoon was subsequently used to represent St Agnes, as well as St Dorothy, Love and Purity. The same pairing of figures using the same two cartoons was also made for the Church of St Seiriol in Holyhead in 1935.
Two-light window with standing figures in a landscape. Martin stands alone, cutting his cloak, while the female figure representing Humility cradles a lamb.
size: 46 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: Morris & Co.
designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Church of St Cynog, Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taff
north wall of the chancel (window number: nIV)
Both figures were designed by Edward Burne-Jones, and were painted by Chadwick; the backgrounds were drawn by W.H. Knight.
Given in memory of Sarah (died 1919), grandchild of Philip Watkins of Ysguborfawr, and widow of Jenkin Rhys, and also of her second son Philip (died 1906), by her daughters Mary Edwin-Jones and Sarah Jennet Gibbins.
The figure of Humility was originally designed for a window in Boston (USA) in 1883. The cartoon was subsequently used to represent St Agnes, as well as St Dorothy, Love and Purity. The same pairing of figures using the same two cartoons was also made for the Church of St Seiriol in Holyhead in 1935.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 18-04-2025
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Further reading
A. Charles Sewter, 'The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle: A Catalogue' (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1975), pp. 153, 297.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), 500.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2025.
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