The Crucifixion with St Paul and St Luke

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1909 Three-light window with the crucified Christ between standing figures of Paul, holding a sword and book, and Luke holding an open book. Three figures of prophets below. technique: stained glass firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd Church of St Peter, Pwllheli, Gwynedd east wall of the north aisle Text with Paul: 'Christ is the head of the church: and He is the Saviour of the body' (Ephesians 5:23). Text with Luke: 'Jesus spake unto the people of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing (Luke 9:11). Texts held by prophets below: 'He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter' (Isaiah 53:7); 'They pierced my hands and my feet' (Psalm 22:16); 'I was wounded in the house of my friends' (Zechariah 13:6). Dedication: 'Erected to the glory of God by the children of the late Hugh Hunter Hughes of Penmaen and Elizabeth his wife A.D. 1909'.  (ObjectID=1260 ImageID=8405) Original File Name=Pwllheli_DSC0458B.jpg

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• Crucified Christ suffering (with crown of thorns)  [Matthew 27:33-58; Mark 15:22-45; Luke 23:33-52; John 19:17-38]
• David as musician, usually playing the harp 
• Paul of Tarsus, apostle 
• the prophet Isaiah (not in biblical context) 
• the prophet Zechariah (not in biblical context) 

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 323.

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 505.

Photo © Martin Crampin