The Three Women at the Empty Tomb and the Ascension
detail from Scenes from the Resurrection of Christ

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

1918 Five-light window with five principal scenes. Flanking the Ascension at the centre are scenes of Peter and John, and the three women, at the empty tomb. On the right, Christ meets Mary Magdalene and Christ with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. The twelve disciples (including Matthias) are depicted in the tracery, with Marcella, Asaph, the pelican in her piety and the Agnus Dei. technique: stained glass size: 56 cm (width of each light) artist: Henry Gustave Hiller Church of St Marcella, Llanfarchell, Denbighshire east wall of the south nave Signed by the artist. Dedication: 'This window is dedicated to the honour and glory of God and in loving and grateful memory of their beloved parents by Cecil Wray Harrison and Elizabeth Frances his wife of "Goppa" Denbigh. Erected 1918. "Their children arise and call them blessed" '. The quote is adapted from Proverbs 31:28.  (ObjectID=4426 ImageID=8338) Original File Name=Llanfarchell_DSC9675A.jpg

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• Mary Magdalene meets the Risen Christ; 'Noli me tangere'  [John 20:14-17]
• Peter and/or John make sure that the tomb of Christ is empty  [Luke 24:12; John 20:4-8]
• the Ascension  [Luke 24:50-51; Acts 1:9-11]
• 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 journey to Emmaus: two disciples (Cleopas and Peter) under way  [Luke 24:13-29]
• the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context) 

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 179.

Photo © Martin Crampin