The Resurrection

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perhaps about 1500 Figure of Christ above from the tomb, revealing wounds and with rays of light behind. technique: stained glass size: 37.5 cm x 23 cm Church of St Cystenin, Llangystennin, Conwy Conserved in 2017 before being restored to a new display in the church. The figure is suggestive of St Gregory's vision of the Resurrection.  (ObjectID=4983 ImageID=9658) Original File Name=Llangystennin_DSC1762_52B.jpg

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• the mass of St Gregory the Great: Christ appears above the altar with the instruments of the Passion; maybe blood spouts from Christ's side 
• the risen Christ (with wounds, but without crown of thorns), sometimes holding the cross or a banner 

Peter Lord, The Visual Culture of Wales: Medieval Vision (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2003), p. 187.

Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), p. 66.

Madeleine Gray, Images of Piety: The iconography of traditional religion in late medieval Wales (Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 2000), p. 43.

Photo © Martin Crampin