Christ in Majesty with Scenes from the Gospels, Saints and Angels

1948 Five-light window with Christ in the top of the centre light. Beneath is a seated figure of the Virgin and Child and Last Supper, with the Crucifixion to the left and the risen Christ and angels to the right. The rest of the figures form a Te Deum, with four archangels in the outer lights at the top, and below (left to right) apostles: Peter, Paul and John; prophets including John the Baptist and Isaiah; martyrs: including Stephen and presumably Tudful, perhaps Edmund; and saints: David, Nicholas and perhaps Francis. Additional details of St Asaph Cathedral, perched perilously on the edge of a cliff, and a sailing ship in the lower corners of the window. The hand of God appear at the apex of the window, with rays of light and a depiction of the heavenly city. technique: stained glass firm/studio: J. Wippell & Co. Ltd designer: G. B. Cooper-Abbs Church of St Tudfil, Coedpoeth, Wrexham east wall of the chancel Signed with the mark of the firm and the name of the designer. The window was given in memory of John Robert and Ellen Martha Burton of Minera Hall, Minera.  (ObjectID=5126

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• 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet 
• angels 
• Crucified Christ suffering (with crown of thorns)  [Matthew 27:33-58; Mark 15:22-45; Luke 23:33-52; John 19:17-38]
• Majestas Domini': Christ in mandorla seated on a rainbow or sphere 
• Mary and the new-born Christ (Nativity) without Joseph  [Luke 2:7]
• Te Deum Laudamus (Ambrosian Hymn) 
• the Last Supper  [Matthew 26:21-35; Mark 14:18-31; Luke 22:15-23; John 13:21-38]
• the risen Christ (with wounds, but without crown of thorns), sometimes holding the cross or a banner 

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows, (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1961), p. 30.