Christ in Majesty with Saints and Angels
Photo © Martin Crampin
1896
Five-light window with Christ seated in majesty in the upper central light surrounded by musical angels. The four evangelists are depicted in the outer lights and a group of saints and Old Testament characters are shown looking up from below: on the left Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and Isaiah with Deiniol, Peter and Paul; and on the right Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory, Bede, Dewi (David), Edmund and Stephen. In the lower central light are archangels and the Agnus Dei with the text 'Blessed are they that do his commandments' (Revelation 22:14).
firm/studio: James Powell & Sons
Church of St Peter, Pwllheli, Gwynedd
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
Given by Humphrey Parry.
Five-light window with Christ seated in majesty in the upper central light surrounded by musical angels. The four evangelists are depicted in the outer lights and a group of saints and Old Testament characters are shown looking up from below: on the left Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and Isaiah with Deiniol, Peter and Paul; and on the right Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory, Bede, Dewi (David), Edmund and Stephen. In the lower central light are archangels and the Agnus Dei with the text 'Blessed are they that do his commandments' (Revelation 22:14).
firm/studio: James Powell & Sons
Church of St Peter, Pwllheli, Gwynedd
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
Given by Humphrey Parry.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 12-11-2019
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- angels
- Majestas Domini': Christ in mandorla seated on a rainbow or sphere
- the four evangelists together (author portraits)
- Abraham (not in biblical context)
- alpha and omega - symbol of God the Father [Revelation 1:8; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13]
- Isaac
- Jacob (not in biblical context)
- lamb bearing cross or banner, 'Agnus Dei' - symbol of Christ
- Moses (not in biblical context)
- Paul of Tarsus, apostle
- Seraphim
- St David
- St Deiniol
- St Edmund, king of East Anglia and martyr
- St Peter, apostle and first bishop of Rome
- St Stephen, deacon and (proto)martyr
- the Archangel Gabriel
- the Archangel Michael
- the four Latin (Western) Fathers of the Church together: Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine and Gregory the Great.
- the four symbols of the evangelists, 'the apocalyptic beasts' [Revelation 4:6-8]
- the prophet Isaiah (not in biblical context)
- the Venerable Bede
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Further reading
Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 505.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2019.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1257 (accessed 28 December 2024)
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