Scenes from the Passion and Resurrection of Christ

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about 1864-1866 Three pairs of two-light windows with an unusually full set of twelve panels depicting the Passion and Resurrection. From left to right: the flagellation and mocking of Christ, Christ carrying the cross, Christ being stripped of his garments, Crucifixion with Mary and John, Deposition, Mary and John with symbols of the Passion, soldiers sealing the tomb, Resurrection and the angel of the resurrection greeting the three women. Angels appear in the quatrefoils above. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Clayton & Bell Church of St David, Neath, Neath Port Talbot east wall of the sanctuary apse Given in memory of William Gwyn (died 1850), his wives Mary Anne (died 1819) and Catherine Matilda (died 1860), his son, Matthew (died 1826), and daughters, Susan (died 1819) and [?].  (ObjectID=1498 ImageID=2810) Original File Name=_MG_5329.jpg

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• bearing of Christ's body to the grave - from Christ's deposition to his entombment  [Matthew 27:59; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53; John 19:40]
• carrying of the cross: Christ bearing the cross, alone or with the help of others  [Matthew 27:31-33; Mark 15:20-22; Luke 23:26-33; John 19:17]
• Christ disrobed  [Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:23-24]
• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 
• Christ's entombment  [Matthew 27:59-61; Mark 15:46-47; Luke 23:53-56; John 19:39-42]
• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]
• descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross  [Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53; John 19:38]
• flagellation by soldiers, Christ usually tied to a column - tortures of Christ  [Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:1]
• Mary and John below the empty cross with symbols of the Passion  [John 19:27]
• preparations for Christ's crowning with thorns - tortures of Christ  [Matthew 27:28-29; Mark 15:17; John 19:2]
• the crowning with thorns: soldiers with sticks place a thorny crown on Christ's head and give him a reed  [Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2-3]
• 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 sealing of Christ's tomb - events after Christ's entombment 

Martin Crampin and John Morgan-Guy, Imaging the Bible in Wales (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), Reproduction and Tradition: The Medieval World.

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 113.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 457.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales