Christ in Majesty
detail from The Transfiguration

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

about 1859 Three-light window. The larger central light depicts Christ, standing in the clouds with Moses and Elijah, the three disciples below. Christ in Majesty seated in a septafoil above. The side lights depict a saint (perhaps the Good Samaritan) tending to the wounds of a man below, and (right-hand light) Christ with two children. technique: stained glass size: 250 cm (width) [approx] firm/studio: John Hardman & Co. Church of St Beuno, Berriew, Powys east wall of the chancel  (ObjectID=3981 ImageID=7293) Original File Name=Berriew_DSC1554A.jpg

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• 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet 
• a Samaritan tending the wounds of the traveller - the good Samaritan  [Luke 10:33-34]
• Christ blessing children brought by their mothers  [Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17]
• Majestas Domini': Christ in mandorla seated on a rainbow or sphere 
• the Transfiguration: Moses and Elijah appear on either side of Christ on Mount Tabor  [Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 102.

Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 77.

D. R. Thomas, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph (Oswestry: Caxton Press, 1908-1913), vol. III, p. 131.

Photo © Martin Crampin