Eagle, Symbol of St John the Evangelist
detail from Virgin and Child with St Luke and St John
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
1906
Three windows in the chancel apse. Luke holds a book and a winged ox stands at his feet; Mary stands holding the infant Christ, and lilies; John holds a book and an eagle stands at his feet.
size: 44 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: C. E. Kempe
Church of St Mary, Maestir, Ceredigion
chancel apse (window number: I, sII, nI)
Given in memory of Blanche, wife of John Charles Harford, who died August 1904.
Three windows in the chancel apse. Luke holds a book and a winged ox stands at his feet; Mary stands holding the infant Christ, and lilies; John holds a book and an eagle stands at his feet.
size: 44 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: C. E. Kempe
Church of St Mary, Maestir, Ceredigion
chancel apse (window number: I, sII, nI)
Given in memory of Blanche, wife of John Charles Harford, who died August 1904.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 14-06-2018
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- eagle (possibly with book) - symbol of St John [Revelation 4:7]
- Madonna: Mary standing (or half-length), Christ-child close to her bosom
- St John the Evangelist, apostle
- St Luke the evangelist
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References
Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 323.
Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 481.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2018.
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