The Resurrection

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1929 Three-light window. The Risen Christ stands on the tomb with slumbering soldiers in the outer lights. technique: stained glass artist: Christopher Charles Powell Church of St Cystenin, Llangystennin, Conwy south wall of the nave Dedication: 'To the Greater Glory of God and in affectionate remembrance of father, mother, brother and three sisters. Janet Elizabeth Preston. Dedicated September 1929' (text provided by Lynne Davis). The date on the window is at variance with the date for the window given in the lists of work by the artist published by the British Society of Master Glass Painters in 1939, 1949 and 1952, which date it as 1927 and 1937.  (ObjectID=3980 ImageID=8490) Original File Name=P9071068a.JPG

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• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1939), p. 65.

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1952), p. 72.

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