Jacob's Dream

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1897 Sleeping Jacob in the foreground with angels ascending and descending; foreground (left) angel with harp; quatrefoil above depicts an angelic figure in armour with sword and shield, possibly St Michael. technique: stained glass size: 53 cm (width of each light) firm/studio: Cox, Son, Buckley & Co. Church of All Saints, Glasbury, Powys north wall of the nave Signed 'Cox. Son. Buckley, & Co London. 1897'. The design and execution clearly shows the influence of T.F. Curtis (of Curtis Ward & Hughes), who took over the firm in 1893. Dedication: 'Fen Vitie Dick Iola de Winton'.  (ObjectID=305 ImageID=956) Original File Name=_MG_1879.jpg

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• the dream of Jacob: while sleeping on the ground with a stone for pillow Jacob sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with angels going up and down  [Genesis 29:11-15]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 17.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales