Hannah and Samuel, Elizabeth and St John the Baptist and the Presentation of Christ in the Temple

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1899 Two-light window. technique: stained glass size: 146 cm (width) firm/studio: C.E. Kempe Church of St Edmund, Crickhowell, Powys west wall of the south aisle Given in memory of Henry & Elizabeth Lucas. Dedicated Mar. 12 1899. H. I. L. 29 Dec. 1873 aged 69. E. L. 14 Mar. 1897 aged 83. Hannah and Samuel are here juxtaposed with Elizabeth and John Baptist. The child Samuel, conceived after prayer to God, was 'lent to the Lord' (1 Sam. 1:28). Likewise John was conceived by the barren Elizabeth by Divine intervention (Luke 1:13). Samuel is thus the 'type' of John. Similarly Hannah's song (1 Sam. 2:1-10) is the 'type' of Mary's Magnificat, sung on the occasion of her Visitation to Elizabeth (Luke 1:46-55). The depiction of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Luke 2:22-39) showing Joseph, Mary, Simeon and Anna, takes up the theme of dedication. The artist has included, charmingly, two small children playing with the sacrificial offering of the two doves (2:24).  (ObjectID=246 ImageID=497) Original File Name=_MG_0556.jpg

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• Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist 
• Hannah 
• presentation of the Christ-child in the temple, usually Simeon and Anna present  [Luke 2:22-39]

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 322.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales