Christ in Majesty
detail from Scenes from the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, and the Acts of the Apostles

Photo © Martin Crampin, Friends of Friendless Churches larger image

1875 Three-light window. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Lavers, Barraud & Westlake Church of St Mor and St Deiniol, Llanfor, Gwynedd east wall of the chancel  (ObjectID=1517 ImageID=4542) Original File Name=_MG_1804A.jpg

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• 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet 
• carrying of the cross: Christ bearing the cross, alone or with the help of others  [Matthew 27:31-33; Mark 15:20-22; Luke 23:26-33; John 19:17]
• Christ ascends into heaven; apostles (and Mary) beneath  [Acts 1:9-11; Luke 24:50-51]
• Christ meets Mary, who sometimes swoons - Christ carrying the cross 
• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 
• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]
• entry into Jerusalem: people spreading their clothes before Christ on the ass, and waving palm branches  [Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 21:14-16; Mark 11:12-14; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19]
• Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, 'Oelberg': Christ's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane during the night  [Matthew 26:37-45; Mark 14:33-41; Luke 22:40-46]
• institution of the Eucharist, i.e. Christ showing or blessing bread (host) and/or wine  [Matthew 26:26-27; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19-20; John 13:26; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25]
• Pentecost: the Holy Ghost descends upon (Mary and) the apostles, sometimes Paul and/or representatives of the nations present  [Acts 2:1-4]
• the angel leads Peter past the sleeping guards - Peter persecuted in Jerusalem  [Acts 12:8-10]
• The appointment of Matthias among the apostles  [Acts 1:24-26]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 132.

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 653.

D. R. Thomas, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph (Oswestry: Caxton Press, 1908-1913), vol. III, p. 108.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Friends of Friendless Churches