The Ascension with Christ as the Light of the World and the Good Shepherd

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about 1870 Three-light window with scene of the Ascension at the centre, in which the disciples are crowded blow Christ as he ascends to heaven. Conventional standing figures of Christ in the outer lights. technique: stained glass size: 53 cm (width of each light) firm/studio: Ward & Hughes Church of St John the Baptist, Clydach, Swansea east wall of the chancel The window is from a complete set of windows by Ward & Hughes, the original plain glazing by the firm being replaced by later windows in the following decades.  (ObjectID=4120 ImageID=8838) Original File Name=Clydach_DSC5219A.jpg

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• 'I am the light of the world' - sayings of Christ  [John 8:12; John 9:5]
• 'I stand at the door and knock': image derived from William Holman Hunt's 'The Light of the World'  [Revelation 3:20]
• Christ as Good Shepherd  [John 10:1-18]
• the Ascension  [Luke 24:50-51; Acts 1:9-11]
• 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. 131.

Photo © Martin Crampin