St Stephen and St Peter
Photo © Martin Crampin
about 1870
Two-light window with standing figures, above scenes of the stoning of Stephen and an angel leading Peter from prison. An angel is found in the upper tracery light.
size: 56 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
designer: William Morris
designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones
designer: Ford Madox Brown
Church of St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn, Powys
south wall of the nave
The same figure of Stephen, designed by Edward Burne-Jones, is included in one of the windows by the firm at Llandaff Cathedral, as well as several other churches (first used at Bradford Cathedral in 1864). The scene below is also to the design of Burne-Jones. The figure of Peter is by William Morris, while the scene below is by Ford Madox Brown, and is the only surviving version of this design.
Two-light window with standing figures, above scenes of the stoning of Stephen and an angel leading Peter from prison. An angel is found in the upper tracery light.
size: 56 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
designer: William Morris
designer: Edward Coley Burne-Jones
designer: Ford Madox Brown
Church of St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn, Powys
south wall of the nave
The same figure of Stephen, designed by Edward Burne-Jones, is included in one of the windows by the firm at Llandaff Cathedral, as well as several other churches (first used at Bradford Cathedral in 1864). The scene below is also to the design of Burne-Jones. The figure of Peter is by William Morris, while the scene below is by Ford Madox Brown, and is the only surviving version of this design.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 14-05-2014
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- St Peter, apostle and first bishop of Rome
- St Stephen, deacon and (proto)martyr
- the angel leads Peter past the sleeping guards - Peter persecuted in Jerusalem [Acts 12:8-10]
- the stoning of Stephen; the witnesses lay down their clothes at Saul's feet [Acts 8:54-60]
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 122.
A. Charles Sewter, The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1974), plates 320 and 321.
H. N. Oliver, Llanllwchaiarn Church and Parish (2001), pp. 65–6.
ReferencesRobert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 178.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2014.
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