Tracery Lights
detail from Scenes and Characters from the Old and New Testaments

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

about 1853 Five-light window. The top row of the main lights depicts Christ in Majesty with Peter and Paul, the Baptism of Christ and the Crucifixion with Mary, John and Mary Magdalene. The middle tier depicts Moses with Aaron and Isaiah, the crossing of the Red Sea and the offering of a lamb as a sacrifice. The lower row depicts Abraham with Isaac and Jacob, the dove returning to Noah's ark and the Sacrifice of Isaac. The circular design in the tracery lights depicts symbols representing the twelve tribes of Israel, around the Hebrew name Yahweh. Additional scenes in the tracery are the Expulsion of Eden and the Transfiguration. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Forrest & Bromley Church of the Holy Trinity, Leighton, Powys west wall of the nave  (ObjectID=4366 ImageID=9983) Original File Name=Leighton_DSC9058A.jpg

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• 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet 
• Aaron (not in biblical context) 
• Abraham (not in biblical context) 
• baptism of Christ in the river Jordan: John the Baptist pouring out water on Christ's head: the Holy Ghost descends  [Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34]
• crucified Christ with Mary, John, and Mary Magdalene  [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
• Isaac 
• Jacob (not in biblical context) 
• Moses (not in biblical context) 
• Paul of Tarsus, apostle 
• sacrifice of the paschal lamb - Jewish religion 
• St Peter, apostle and first bishop of Rome 
• the prophet Isaiah (not in biblical context) 
• the sacrifice of Isaac  [Genesis 22:]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 97.

Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 131.

Photo © Martin Crampin