Medieval Fragments
detail from The Crucifixion with Panels from the Seven Sacraments

Photo © Martin Crampin Panel from the second light from the left. larger image

about 1500, restored in 1876 Five-light window. A central image of Christ on the cross with angels is surrounded by a set of assembled panels, with figures in the tracery lights. The panels include recognisable apostles with inscriptions from the Creed, and scenes representing the seven sacraments. The best preserved of these are ordination, marriage and extreme unction (anointing the sick). The tracery lights include Mary and a seated crowned figure, perhaps Christ, and representing her coronation in heaven; below, Gabriel and Mary face each other as an annunciation. Further figures include two bishops, labelled as Asaph and Deiniol, and the saints: Marchell, Winefride, Frideswide and Catherine. technique: stained glass restorer: C.E. Kempe Church of St Tyrnog, Llandyrnog, Denbighshire east wall of the north nave The glass in the window is assembled from at least two windows in the church, and at least two makers are clearly in evidence: the style of the tracery lights having different characteristics from the panels of the seven sacraments below. The window is an early example of restoration work by Kempe's Studio.  (ObjectID=2345 ImageID=6423) Original File Name=Llandyrnog_MG_7109.jpg

This artwork is indexed under the following main subject(s):
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• Christ on the cross on Golgotha (alone, without bystanders)  [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
• Crucified Christ suffering (with crown of thorns)  [Matthew 27:33-58; Mark 15:22-45; Luke 23:33-52; John 19:17-38]
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]
• the seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church 
• the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context) 

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 37, 41, 46, 49.

Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 196.

Peter Lord, The Visual Culture of Wales: Medieval Vision (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2003), pp. 153, 178-9, 224.

Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), pp. 9-10, 55-8.

D. R. Thomas, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph (Oswestry: Caxton Press, 1908-1913), vol. II, p. 36.

Martin Crampin, 'Biblical Art from Wales: The Mediaeval Influence' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), p. 132.

Painton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), pp. 220-1.

Jane Cartwright, Feminine Sanctity and Spirituality in Medieval Wales (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2008), p. 154.

Photo © Martin Crampin