The Last Supper
detail from Scenes from the Passion of Christ

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

1865 Three-light window. Crucifixion scene flanked by Mary and john between Christ's entry into Jerusalem on a donkey and with Mary Magdalene in the garden after the resurrection. Lower panels show Moses and Aaron at either side of Christ and his disciples seated at the Last Supper. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Lavers & Barraud Church of Stephen and St Tathan, Caerwent, Monmouthshire north wall of the nave Brought to the church from Angersleigh in Somerset, and inserted as a First World War memorial. The Crucifixion scene is drawn from the same cartoon as that at Meline, Pembrokeshire, also dated 1865.  (ObjectID=4057 ImageID=7544) Original File Name=Caerwent_DSC9219.jpg

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• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]
• entry into Jerusalem: people spreading their clothes before Christ on the ass, and waving palm branches  [Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 21:14-16; Mark 11:12-14; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19]
• institution of the Eucharist, i.e. Christ showing or blessing bread (host) and/or wine  [Matthew 26:26-27; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19-20; John 13:26; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25]
• Mary Magdalene meets the Risen Christ; 'Noli me tangere'  [John 20:14-17]

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 150.

Photo © Martin Crampin