Christ the Good Shepherd
detail from Figures of Christ

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

1935 Three-light window with standing figures of Christ as the Light of the World (centre, in red), the Good Shepherd (left), and as the Bread of Life (right) blessing the wafer of the Eucharist. The figures are shown in landscapes, with the titles on scrolls above with cherubim. Kneeling angels with vines below at each side of the dedication. technique: stained glass size: 40 cm (width of each light) firm/studio: J. Wippell & Co. Ltd Church of St Mary, Llanvair-Discoed, Monmouthshire east wall of the chancel Signed by the firm. Given in memory of John Pollard Micklethwait JP and his wife Mary, and their daughter Gertude.  (ObjectID=5092 ImageID=10119) Original File Name=LlanvairDiscoed_DSC8879B.jpg

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• 'I am the bread of life' - sayings of Christ  [John 6:35; John 6:51]
• 'I am the light of the world' - sayings of Christ  [John 8:12; John 9:5]
• Christ as Good Shepherd  [John 10:1-18]
• the lost sheep sought and found by the shepherd - parable of the good shepherd  [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:4-7]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 232.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 362.

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1939), p. 94.

Photo © Martin Crampin