Christ is Laid in the Tomb
detail from The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St John and Scenes from the Death of Christ

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

1885 One of a pair of windows in the south aisle chapel. The three-light window in the east wall depicts the Crucifixion between Mary and John, with three scenes below: figures mourning over the dead Christ having been taken down from the cross, Christ's body being laid in the tomb, and Christ liberating the dead. technique: stained glass firm/studio: C.E. Kempe Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth, Monmouthshire east wall of south aisle chapel  (ObjectID=3169 ImageID=5421) Original File Name=_MG_6408.jpg

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• Christ in the underworld, harrowing of hell, Christ in Limbo, 'descensus ad inferos', 'Anastasis' 
• Christ's entombment  [Matthew 27:59-61; Mark 15:46-47; Luke 23:53-56; John 19:39-42]
• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]
• the mourning over the dead Christ 

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 397.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales