Virgin and Child and St Benedict

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about 1920-1928 Two roundels. technique: stained glass size: 25 cm (diameter of each panel) [approx] artist: Theodore Baily Caldey Abbey, Caldey Island cloister The figure of Benedict is robed in a way more characteristic of Orthodox monks than western Catholic religious. The image has many similarities with representations of St John Climacus, a near contemporary of Benedict and revered as one of the founders of eastern monasticism. Baily, himself much influenced by Orthodoxy, seems here to have 'merged' pre-eminent founding fathers of monasticism east and west quite deliberately in his image of Benedict. The figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary also shows the strong influence of Orthodox icons.  (ObjectID=575 ImageID=1276) Original File Name=_MG_2518.jpg

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• Madonna: Mary standing (or half-length), Christ-child close to her bosom 
• St Benedict of Nurcia 

Martin Crampin and John Morgan-Guy, Imaging the Bible in Wales (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), Reproduction and Tradition: The Orthodox World.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 146.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales