The Visit of the Three Angels to Abraham and Sarah

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probably mid-seventeenth century Abraham pours water into a bath, in which the three winged angels wash their feet. Sarah sets a table for them in the background. A prophet is shown above. technique: stained glass Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Dulas, Anglesey north wall of the nave The main scene is painted with coloured enamels and silver stain, probably of the early seventeenth century, while the prophet above is from earlier work, perhaps of the 1520s.  (ObjectID=3857 ImageID=6808) Original File Name=Llanwenllwyfo_MG_7434.jpg

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• Abraham fetches water and washes the angels' feet - the visit of the three angels  [Genesis 18:4]

J. O. Hughes, A Short Guide to the Early 16th Century Glass of Llanwenllwyfo Church Isle of Anglesey (1995), p. 16.

J. O. Hughes, Catherine Hughes and Avril Lloyd, Trysorau Cudd: Gwydr Lliw yn Santes Gwenllwyfo, Dulas, Môn/Hidden Gems: Stained Glass at the Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Anglesey (Aberystwyth: Sulien, 2016), p. 70.

Photo © Martin Crampin