The Empty Tomb
detail from The Crucifixion with Saints

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

1937 Central panel depicts Christ on the cross with Mary, John and angels. Numerous saints under arcading with two scenes depicting the Annunciation and the empty tomb with an angel greeting two women. medium: stone technique: carved designer: W. D. Caröe Cathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon, Powys east wall of the chancel An original design for the reredos of 1935 shows that the central panel was originally intended to depict the Supper at Emmaus.  (ObjectID=19 ImageID=7256) Original File Name=BreconCath39.jpg

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• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]
• the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ  [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]
• the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context) 

The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist: An Architectural Study (Brecon: The Friends of Brecon Cathedral, 1994), pp. 27-8, 61-2.

Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 290.

Photo © Martin Crampin