The Ascension and the Crucifixion
1859 Seven-light window with the Ascension, Crucifixion and additional characters including St Peter and St Paul uppermost in the tracery with the Four Evangelists below them. Four figures of Christ in the outer lights: as Good Shepherd, with the Eucharistic Chalice, holding an orb and bound with the crown of thorns. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Thomas Baillie Church of St Nicholas, Montgomery, Powys east wall of the chancel |
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- Christ ascends into heaven; apostles (and Mary) beneath [Acts 1:9-11; Luke 24:50-51]
- the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
- the four evangelists together (author portraits)
- %27Salvator+Mundi%27%2C+making+a+blessing+gesture%3B+an+orb+in+his+hand+or+at+his+feet
- Christ+as+Good+Shepherd [John 10:1-18]
- Christ+with+chalice%2C+and+bread+or+Host
- crown+of+thorns+-+instruments+of+the+Passion
- the+apostle+Paul+of+Tarsus
- the+apostle+Peter%2C+first+bishop+of+Rome
- the+crowning+with+thorns%3A+soldiers+with+sticks+place+a+thorny+crown+on+Christ%5C%27s+head+and+give+him+a+reed [Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2-3]
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 108.
'Montgomery Church' in Montgomeryshire Collections, vol. 67 (1979), 13.
ReferencesRichard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 166.
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Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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