I am the True Vine

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1935 Jesus holds an open book with the text: 'I am the true vine', surrounded by Matthew, Thomas, Luke, Mark, James, Matthias, Philip, Bartholomew, Paul, Barnabas, Simon, Jude, Andrew, Peter, James and John. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Clayton & Bell Church of St Idloes, Llanidloes, Powys south wall of the nave The window was placed in memory of Thomas Davies (18 March 1834–2 February 1887), his wife Marianne (9 October 1838–25 August 1925) and their daughter Gertrude (30 June 1876–30 July 1922). It was given by their son Arthur Davies in 1935, although it is dated 1934 in the the list of windows by Clayton & Bell published by the British Society of Master Glass Painters in 1952. The arrangement of the disciples around the figure of Christ is reminiscent of the tree of Jesse.  (ObjectID=390 ImageID=398) Original File Name=Llanidloes_DSC0459C.jpg

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• persons from the New Testament (not in biblical context) 
• the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context) 

Church Guide.

Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 142.

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1952), p. 23.

Photo © Martin Crampin