The Tree of Jesse

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about 1910 Two-light window with seated kings and angels linked by a vine stemmed from Jesse in the lower right-hand light. At the top the Virgin and Child are shown, with a book open displaying the Alpha and Omega. The uppermost tracery light depicts Christ in Majesty. technique: stained glass size: 60 cm (width of each light) [approx] firm/studio: N H J Westlake, London Church of St Mary, Caernarfon, Gwynedd south wall of the south aisle In memory of L.W.G. Hughes of Coed Helen who died 13 June 1910. The window bears the Coat of Arms of Coed Helen. Another window of the same subject by Westlake from the 1920s, at the Church of St Lawrence, Bradwell, offers an interesting comparison with this window, see Buckinghamshire Stained Glass. Although stylistically the window is close, the design is across four lights and uses different cartoons.  (ObjectID=861 ImageID=4567) Original File Name=_MG_4753.jpg

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• David as musician, usually playing the harp 
• Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap 
• Solomon (not in biblical context) 
• the prophet Isaiah (not in biblical context) 
• tree of Jesse: genealogical tree showing Christ's ancestors, sprouting from Jesse's loins  [Matthew 1:1-16; Luke 3:23-38]

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 286.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales