The Empty Tomb
detail from The Crucifixion with Saints
Photo © Martin Crampin
1937
Central panel depicts Christ on the cross with Mary, John and angels. Numerous saints under arcading with two scenes depicting the Annunciation and the empty tomb with an angel greeting two women.
designer: W. D. Caröe
Cathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon, Powys
east wall of the chancel
An original design for the reredos of 1935 shows that the central panel was originally intended to depict the Supper at Emmaus.
Central panel depicts Christ on the cross with Mary, John and angels. Numerous saints under arcading with two scenes depicting the Annunciation and the empty tomb with an angel greeting two women.
designer: W. D. Caröe
Cathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon, Powys
east wall of the chancel
An original design for the reredos of 1935 shows that the central panel was originally intended to depict the Supper at Emmaus.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 11-12-2013
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- Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood [John 19:25-27]
- the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel [Luke 1:26-38]
- the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]
- the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context)
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Further reading
The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist: An Architectural Study (Brecon: The Friends of Brecon Cathedral, 1994), pp. 27-8, 61-2.
ReferencesRichard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 290.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2013.
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