Scenes from the Gospels

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1883 Four-light window. From left to right: Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixion and Resurrection. With angels above. technique: stained glass size: 53 cm (width of each light) Church of All Saints, Glasbury, Powys east wall of the chancel Texts: 'Hail thou that art highly favoured' (Luke 1:28). 'This day is born a Saviour Christ the Lord' (Luke 2:11). 'It is finished' (John 19:13). 'For fear of him the keepers did shake and become dead men' (Matthew 28:4). Given in memory of Walter de Winton of Maesllwch Castle (died 1878) by his widow. The fourteenth-century style of the canopywork used here had largely gone out of fashion by the 1880s.  (ObjectID=301 ImageID=971) Original File Name=_MG_1894.jpg

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• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 
• crucified Christ with Mary, John, and Mary Magdalene  [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
• Mary, Joseph and the new-born Christ (Nativity)  [Luke 2:1-7]
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales