Tracery Lights
detail from St Michael Overcoming Satan
1857 Five-light window with central light depicting Michael with sword and chain standing over the defeated winged male figure of Satan, his green dragon's tail extending out into the adjacent light. Family heraldry below and figures in the tracery above: Moses and Aaron, Peter and Paul, the four evangelists and their symbols, the pelican feeding her chicks and the Agnus Dei.technique: stained glass size: 57 cm (width of each light) Church of St Michael, Abergele, Conwy north wall of the north chancel Dedication: 'In memory of the Lloyd family now represented by Lloyd H. Bamford Hesketh eldest son of Frances Lloyd heiress of Gwrych.' The script at the bottom of the window, giving the dedication, is similar in style and execution to an earlier window by Clutterbuck at Llangernyw. |
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- Aaron (not in biblical context)
- lamb bearing cross or banner, 'Agnus Dei' - symbol of Christ
- Moses (not in biblical context)
- Pelican in her Piety
- the apostle Paul of Tarsus
- the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome
- the four evangelists together (author portraits)
- the four symbols of the evangelists, 'the apocalyptic beasts' [Revelation 4:6-8]
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Further reading
Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 98.
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