Saints

  Saints

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1884
Four-light window with standing figures of (left to right) Dyfrig (Dubricius), Michael, George and Cadog (Cadoc). Dyfrig and Cadog hold elaborate crosiers and books, Michael and George both stand with swords over their defeated dragons. Both Welsh saints are mitred, with Dyfrig styled as bishop (eps Llandav) and Cadog as abbot (Abbas).

technique: stained glass
size: 40 cm (width of each light) [approx]
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe
designer: John Carter

Church of St Cadoc, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, Monmouthshire
south wall of the south transept

The figures are attributed to Kempe's designer John Carter by Adrian Barlow, contrasting with the west window using cartoons by Wyndham Hope Hughes.




 

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References

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 308.

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 187.

Adrian Barlow, Espying Heaven: The Stained Glass of Charles Eamer Kempe and his Artists (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2019), p. 102.

Adrian Barlow, Kempe: The Life, Art and Legacy of Charles Eamer Kempe (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2018), p. 70.




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  Saints

Photo © Martin Crampin


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