Christ in Majesty with Seraphim
detail from The Crucifixion and the Resurrection

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

1866 Two–-light window with a seated Christ in Majesty amid seraphim over the Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary, John and Mary Magdalene, and the Resurrected Christ stepping out of the tomb. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Heaton, Butler & Bayne designer: probably Robert Turnill Bayne Church of St Mary the Virgin, Abbey Cwmhir, Powys east wall of the chancel William Waters attributes the chancel stained glass by Heaton, Butler & Bayne to the designer Alfred Hassam, although it was attributed to their senior designer R.T. Bayne by Richard Haslam. Texts: 'It is finished' (John 19: 30) and 'I am the resurrection and the life' (John 11: 25).  (ObjectID=1675 ImageID=3344) Original File Name=_MG_2687.jpg

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• Christ enthroned - eg 'Christus Rex', as judge  [Revelation 4:2-3]
• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 
• crucified Christ with Mary, John, and Mary Magdalene  [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 114.

Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 215.

Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 277.

William Waters, Angels & Icons: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1850–1870 (Abbots Morton: Serapim Press, 2012), p. 178.

Photo © Martin Crampin