Scenes from the Life of Christ
about 1849 Three-light window with nine scenes. From top to bottom, left to right: standing figure of Christ with the crown of life (text Revelation 2:10); centurion kneeling before Christ; Christ healing a boy possessed by a spirit; Ascension; Christ stepping out of the tomb; Christ with Mary Magdalene; seeated Christ (with wounds) holding a cross (text Matthew 11:28); Christ washing the disciples' feet (text John 13:34); standing figure of Christ with children.technique: stained glass Church of All Saints, Gresford, Wrexham north wall of the clerestory Given in memory of Elisabeth Frances Wilbraham (1822-1849). Edward Hubbard (The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd) notes that although the window has been attributed to Hardman, it does not look like their work. Mostyn Lewis is correct in noting that the style is closer to a contemporary window in Llangollen, attributed by some sources as Rowland of Warwick, but probably by William Holland. |
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- Christ blessing children brought by their mothers [Luke 18:15-17; Mark 10:13-16; Matthew 19:13-15]
- Christ washes the feet of the apostles [John 13:1-20]
- Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers
- healing of a lunatic boy - miracles of Christ [Luke 9:37-43; Mark 9:14-29; Matthew 17:14-18]
- Mary Magdalene meets the Risen Christ; 'Noli me tangere' [John 20:14-17]
- the Ascension [Acts 1:9-11; Luke 24:50-51]
- the centurion of Capernaum, kneeling before Christ, begs him to heal his paralytic servant (or son) [John 4:46-54; Luke 7:1-10; Matthew 8:5-13]
- the risen Christ (with wounds, but without crown of thorns), sometimes holding the cross or a banner
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Further reading
Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), pp. 47-8.
ReferencesEdward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 172.
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