Plaque With the Lion of St Mark

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about 1895 Commemorative plaque with a lion sitting by a chalice, the host represented by mother-of-pearl. medium: copper sheet technique: repoussé, chased size: 22 x 61 cm artist: Henry Wilson Church of St Mark, Brithdir, Gwynedd west wall Inscription: 'To the Glory of God and to the beloved memory of Charles Tooth Priest M.A. this stone was laid October 10 1895.  (ObjectID=1321 ImageID=3892) Original File Name=DSCN5925.jpg

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• lion (possibly with book) - symbol of St Mark  [Revelation 4:7]

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), pp. 561-2.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales