David and Abigail

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probably 1520s Abigail and her maidens, with gifts, kneel before David and his men. Scene behind with figures on horseback, before a castle. A roundel above depicts a prophet. technique: stained glass Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Dulas, Anglesey north wall of the nave The scene may illustrate that described in 1 Samuel 25:20-35, when Abigail brings food to David's men, or 25:42, where Abigail comes with five maids to be David's wife.  (ObjectID=3851 ImageID=6798) Original File Name=Llanwenllwyfo_MG_7440.jpg

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• meeting of David and Abigail, who kneels before him  [1 Samuel 25:23-35]

J. O. Hughes, A Short Guide to the Early 16th Century Glass of Llanwenllwyfo Church Isle of Anglesey (1995), p. 15.

J. O. Hughes, Catherine Hughes and Avril Lloyd, Trysorau Cudd: Gwydr Lliw yn Santes Gwenllwyfo, Dulas, Môn/Hidden Gems: Stained Glass at the Church of St Gwenllwyfo, Anglesey (Aberystwyth: Sulien, 2016), pp. 22, 66-7.

Photo © Martin Crampin