Christ in Majesty with Saints and Angels

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1896 Five-light window with Christ seated in majesty in the upper central light surrounded by musical angels. The four evangelists are depicted in the outer lights and a group of saints and Old Testament characters are shown looking up from below: on the left Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and Isaiah with Deiniol, Peter and Paul; and on the right Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory, Bede, Dewid (David), Edmund and Stephen. In the lower central light are archangels and the Agnus Dei with the text 'Blessed are they that do his commandments' (Revelation 22:14). technique: stained glass firm/studio: James Powell & Sons Church of St Peter, Pwllheli, Gwynedd east wall of the chancel Given by Humphrey Parry.  (ObjectID=1257 ImageID=8401) Original File Name=Pwllheli_DSC0435B.jpg

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• 'Majestas Domini': Christ in mandorla seated on a rainbow or sphere 
• angels 
• the four evangelists together (author portraits) 

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 505.

Photo © Martin Crampin