Head of Christ
detail from The Resurrection
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales | 1966 Single-light window showing the resurrected Christ with a crown of thorns as a halo. Lower panel shows two angels greeting the three Marys at the empty tomb.technique: stained glass size: 61 cm (width) firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt Church of Emmanuel, Buckley, Flintshire north wall Text: 'I am the Resurrection and the Life. Why seek ye the living among the dead?' Dedication: 'In memory of Florence Catherall. The gift of her husband and children. 1966.' |
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- the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]
- the risen Christ (with wounds, but without crown of thorns), sometimes holding the cross or a banner
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References
Malcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 16.
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Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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