An Angel Greets the Three Women at the Empty Tomb and Christ Appearing to St Mary Magdalene

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around 1890 Two-light window with an angel addressing the three women at the empty tomb after the Resurrection in the left-hand light, and Christ standing as Mary Magdalene kneels before him in the right-hand light. Angels at the head of both lights. A prophet in the trefoil at top of the window holds a text. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Lavers, Barraud & Westlake Church of St John, Porthmadog, Gwynedd north wall of the chancel The text held by the prophet at the top of the window reads 'I know that my redeemer liveth' (Job 19:25). Text beneath the scene in the left-hand light: 'Why seek ye the living among the dead' (Luke 24:5), and beneath the scene in the right-hand light 'Touch me not' (John 20:17). The window is not visible from the main body of the church; photographs taken from above the roofed meeting room created in the original chancel.  (ObjectID=5506 ImageID=10774) Original File Name=Porthmadog_DSC0249-71C.jpg

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• Mary Magdalene meets the Risen Christ; 'Noli me tangere'  [John 20:14-17]
• the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ  [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 499.

Photo © Martin Crampin