The Spies Returning from Canaan Carrying a Large Bunch of Grapes
detail from The Crucifixion with Scenes from the Old Testament

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales larger image

about 1874 Carved reredos from Caen stone, with scenes divided by marble shafts. The Crucifixion, with the three Marys and St John is flanked by the collection of the manna from heaven in the desert, and the spies returning from Canaan carrying a large bunch of grapes. medium: stone technique: carved size: 245 cm (width) artist: Thomas Earp Church of St Mary the Virgin, Denbigh, Denbighshire sanctuary  (ObjectID=1110 ImageID=2081) Original File Name=_MG_5447.jpg

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• crucified Christ with Mary, John, and Mary Magdalene  [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
• the gathering of manna (in baskets and pots) - miracle of the manna and the quails  [Exodus 16:15-22]
• the spies take away some of the fruits of Canaan and return, usually carrying a large bunch of grapes on a pole  [Numbers 13:23-24]

Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 147.

D. R. Thomas, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph (Oswestry: Caxton Press, 1908-1913), vol II, p. 23.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales