The Resurrection

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1911 Five-light window. The risen Christ is depicted in the air over the empty tomb, with the three women below, and angels. The outer lights depict Old Testament characters: David, Hosea, Daniel and Isaiah. technique: stained glass firm/studio: C.E. Kempe Church of St John, Barmouth, Gwynedd west wall of the nave Signed with the Kempe and Tower mark in the lower left-hand light. David holds the text: 'Thou shalt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption' (Psalm 16:10); Hosea holds the text: 'I will redeem them from death' (Hosea: 13:14); Daniel holds the text: 'Whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, all dominions shall serve Him' (Daniel 7:27); Isaiah holds the text: 'Seek ye the LORD while He may be found' (Isaiah 55:6). The texts identify the figures. The scene departs from the biblical narrative by depicting the appearance of the risen Chriat to all three of the women who come to the tomb to anoint his body.  (ObjectID=4935 ImageID=9509) Original File Name=BarmouthStJohn_DSC1194B.jpg

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• Daniel (not in biblical context) 
• David (not in biblical context); possible attributes: crown, harp 
• the holy women (the three Marys) on their way to or at the tomb, to anoint Christ's body  [Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1-2; Luke 24:1]
• the prophet Hosea (not in biblical context) 
• the prophet Isaiah (not in biblical context) 
• the risen Christ (with wounds, but without crown of thorns), sometimes holding the cross or a banner 

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 330.

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 551.

Photo © Martin Crampin