The Virgin Mary and a Woman Performing Acts of Mercy
Photo © Martin Crampin
about 1889
Three-light window. Mary is shown standing in an attitude of prayer in the centre light, attended by angels. In the left-hand light, a woman performing acts of mercy, and is welcomed into heaven by angels in the right-hand light.
size: 40 cm (width of each light) [approx]
firm/studio: Ward & Hughes
designer: George Measures Parlby
Church of St Mary, Ruabon, Wrexham
north wall of the north aisle
Texts: 'Well done, good and faithful servant ... enter thou into the joy of thy lord' (Matthew 25:23); 'My soul doth magnify the Lord' (Luke 1:46) [above with the angels: 'Blessed are the merciful' (Matthew 5:7)
Dedication: In memory of Charlotte Eva Edwards d.1889.
Three-light window. Mary is shown standing in an attitude of prayer in the centre light, attended by angels. In the left-hand light, a woman performing acts of mercy, and is welcomed into heaven by angels in the right-hand light.
size: 40 cm (width of each light) [approx]
firm/studio: Ward & Hughes
designer: George Measures Parlby
Church of St Mary, Ruabon, Wrexham
north wall of the north aisle
Texts: 'Well done, good and faithful servant ... enter thou into the joy of thy lord' (Matthew 25:23); 'My soul doth magnify the Lord' (Luke 1:46) [above with the angels: 'Blessed are the merciful' (Matthew 5:7)
Dedication: In memory of Charlotte Eva Edwards d.1889.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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- upright figures of Mary without the Christ-child
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Further reading
T. W. Pritchard, Ruabon Parish Church Denbighshire (Much Wenlock: RJL Smith, 1998), p. 22.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
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