Scenes with Christ, St Martha and St Mary Magdalene

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about 1856 One of a pair of two-light windows with a main scene in a medallion and angel below in each light, following the theme of resurrection. Martha kneeling before Christ in the left-hand light, and an angel below with the text 'I am the resurrection and the life' (John 11:25). The adjacent scene shows both Martha and Mary kneeling before Christ, and the angel below holds the text from the narrative a few verses later: 'She arose quickly, and came unto him' (John 11:29). The small losenges above contain the monograms chi-rho, alpha and omega and IHC. Christ in Majesty in the small light at the apex of the window. technique: stained glass artist: Charles Clutterbuck Church of St Eurgain and St Peter, Northop, Flintshire south wall of the chancel aisle A further three-light window by Clutterbuck was situated in the east wall of the north aisle, but has largely been lost, with a few pieces still remaining. See Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales, 1970, p. 86.  (ObjectID=3691 ImageID=5268) Original File Name=Northop_DSC2958.jpg

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• Martha meets Christ at the gate of Bethany - the story of Lazarus  [John 11:20-27]
• Mary kneels weeping before Christ; sometimes Christ is also shown weeping - the story of Lazarus  [John 11:32-35]

Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 407.

Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), p. 86.

Photo © Martin Crampin