The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and Archangels

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

1907 Five-light window. Christ on the cross between Mary and John, flanked by the archangels Michael and Gabriel. Above, Christ is shown arising from the tomb with soldiers sleeping below. Lower panels depict David playing the harp, the Virgin and Child in a landscape and evangelists. technique: stained glass firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd Church of St Mary the Virgin, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire east wall of the chancel The window has been claimed to be the last work made by Kempe's glassworks before his death. There are many other windows by Kempe's studio in the church, including historical figures associated with Pembroke Castle.  (ObjectID=1326 ImageID=5412) Original File Name=_MG_4119.jpg

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• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 334.

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 331.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales