Crucifixion with Soldiers and Evangelists
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
1913
A two-light window with crucifixion scene above two lower panels showing Matthew and Mark writing their Gospels. At the crucifixion, the centurion makes his declaration 'Truly this was the Son of God.' He holds a standard 'SPQR' while other soldiers look on.
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
south wall of the nave (window number: sVIII)
Given in memory of William Moffat Douglas-Willan (Royal Horse Artillery) of Gwynford Abbey, Middlesex, by his daughter.
SPQR stands for 'Senatus Populusque Romanus' - the Senate & People of Rome which was the official formula of the Imperial Government.
A two-light window with crucifixion scene above two lower panels showing Matthew and Mark writing their Gospels. At the crucifixion, the centurion makes his declaration 'Truly this was the Son of God.' He holds a standard 'SPQR' while other soldiers look on.
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
south wall of the nave (window number: sVIII)
Given in memory of William Moffat Douglas-Willan (Royal Horse Artillery) of Gwynford Abbey, Middlesex, by his daughter.
SPQR stands for 'Senatus Populusque Romanus' - the Senate & People of Rome which was the official formula of the Imperial Government.
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 05-09-2019
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- Crucified Christ with other persons [Matthew 27:33-58; Mark 15:22-45; Luke 23:33-52; John 19:17-38]
- St Mark the evangelist writing the Gospel
- St Matthew writing the Gospel
- the centurion confessing his belief in Christ; sometimes the soldiers do the same - the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross [Matthew 27:54; Mark 15:39; Luke 23:47]
- the soldier; the soldier's life
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References
Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 213.
Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 330.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2019. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
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