Christ's Feet are Anointed at the House of a Pharisee
detail from Figure of Christ

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

1925 Single-light window with standing figure of Christ, his hand raised in blessing. The scene beneath depicts Christ's feet being dried with the hair of the woman who came to anoint him; the jar is shown in the bottom left. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd designer: Read Church of St David, Bangor, Gwynedd south wall of the sanctuary The artist/cartoonist Read is associated with the design according to Dennis Hadley's list of windows made by Powell's from the V&A archive. Given by Spencer B. Mason in memory of his wife Caroline (died 8 Aug 1925). Text: 'He giveth His beloved sleep.' (Psalm 127:2). The scene showing Christ being anointed does not seem to be specific to any of the particular accounts in the four gospels.  (ObjectID=4706 ImageID=8884) Original File Name=Glanadda_DSC9749B.jpg

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• a woman washes Christ's feet with her tears, and wipes them with her hair  [Luke 7:37-39]
• Christ as adult - not in biblical context 
• Christ's feet are anointed by Mary Magdalene - meal at Bethany  [John 12:3-8]

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 244.

Photo © Martin Crampin