The Crucifixion

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1921 Five-light window with a comprehensive scene of the Crucifixion. A beardless Christ on the cross is accompanied by angels with many figures below, including Mary, Mary Magdalene, John and the Centurion, Jewish leaders and soldiers casting lots in the outer lights. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Clayton & Bell Church of St Mary and Nicholas, Beaumaris, Anglesey east wall of the chancel Dedication: 'In memory of our dearly loved and only son Richard Gerard Wellesley Williams-Bulkeley died 1918 RWB MB'.  (ObjectID=1948 ImageID=6716) Original File Name=Biwmares_DSC8935.jpg

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• comprehensive representations of the events on Golgotha during Christ's hanging on the cross, no particular event emphasized (+ Christ not bearded)  [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
• crucified Christ with Mary, John, and Mary Magdalene  [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
• crucified Christ with Stephaton and/or Longinus 
• soldiers throwing dice for Christ's seamless garment - Christ's death on the cross  [Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:23-24]
• the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha  [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 204-5.

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 106.

Some Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1930), p. 19.

Photo © Martin Crampin