Inscription beneath St John the Evangelist
detail from The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St John

© University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, photo Martin Crampin larger image

1869, with medieval fragments Three-light window. Christ on the cross with figures of Mary and John in the left and right-hand lights. Inscriptions in Latin below each figures. The design incorporates reused medieval fragments. technique: stained glass size: 31 cm (width of each light) firm/studio: Saunders & Co. Church of St Illtud, Mamhilad, Monmouthshire east wall of the chancel The reconstruction of the window is attributed to Saunders, although a letter of 1867 to Heaton, Butler & Bayne concerning work at the church may refer to this window.  (ObjectID=2298 ImageID=5821) Original File Name=Mamhilad_DSC8057.jpg

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• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 35.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 378.

Andrew Renton, 'Discovering Pre-1700 Stained Glass in South Wales' Vidimus, vol. 34 (November 2009).

© University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, photo Martin Crampin