Seal of Usk Priory
detail from Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John

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1913 Three-light window with standing figures. The seal of the Priory Church is shown below in the central light. technique: stained glass firm/studio: possibly Percy Bacon Brothers Church of St Mary, Usk, Monmouthshire east wall of the chancel Tentatively attributed to Percy Bacon by A. Brooks in The Buildings of Wales: Monmouthshire. The arrangement of the figures on tinted quarries is unlike many of their windows, in which the figures are bordered with elaborate architectural Gothic canopies. Texts (with Mary) 'Be it unto Me according to thy word' (Luke 1:38); (with Christ) 'Come unto Me and I will give you rest' (Matthew 11:28); (with John) 'I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day' (Revelation 1:10). The inscription below in the left-hand light reads simply 'To the Glory of Almighty God, AD 1913.' The arrangement of the figures consists of the common grouping of Christ, his mother Mary and John. This is usually, but not always, with Christ on the cross and the other figures at his side, and is a ubiquitous scene in Christian art. In this window the figure of Mary faces out of the window to the left, a rather unusual design, and, shown together with the lilies, the figure looks as though it might have formerly been designed for a scene of the Annunciation in two lights.  (ObjectID=4067 ImageID=7565) Original File Name=Usk_DSC1501.jpg

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John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 587.

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