Acts of Mercy
detail from Moses and Acts of Mercy

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probably mid-nineteenth century Three-light window with six scenes. The upper right-hand scene depicts Moses with the ten commandments, and the upper left-hand scene depicts a woman and a baby by water, perhaps Moses being placed, or perhaps found, in the bulrushes. Between is a woman and child in a landscape. The three scenes below appear to show acts of charity. technique: stained glass size: 45 cm (width of each light) Church of St James and St Elidyr, Stackpole Elidor, Pembrokeshire west wall of the nave The theme of the window is that of the Law and the New Law: the former symbolised by the giving of the ten commandments and the latter by the works of mercy advocated by Christ in Matthew 25.  (ObjectID=1625 ImageID=6141) Original File Name=_MG_3736.jpg

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• feeding the hungry - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy  [Matthew 25:31-46]
• giving the thirsty to drink, 'sitiens potatur' - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy  [Matthew 25:31-46]
• Moses comes down with the new tablets and is awaited by Aaron and the assembled people, who notice that 'his face is shining'  [Exodus 34:29-31]
• Moses is exposed in the ark on the banks of the Nile; Miriam, Moses' sister, keeps watch  [Exodus 2:3-4]

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 458.

Photo © Martin Crampin