Rood
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
about 1905-1915
Crucifixion with Mary and John. Symbols of the four evangelists on the arms of the cross. Rood beam decorated with a large fish. Details picked out in red paint.
artist: J. C. Hawes
Church of St David, Caldey Island
above the chancel arch
The large fish on the rood beam may be intended as a representation of Leviathan, the Old Testament monster of the deep, possibly here representing the powers of death and Hell, overcome by the sacrifice of Christ.
Crucifixion with Mary and John. Symbols of the four evangelists on the arms of the cross. Rood beam decorated with a large fish. Details picked out in red paint.
artist: J. C. Hawes
Church of St David, Caldey Island
above the chancel arch
The large fish on the rood beam may be intended as a representation of Leviathan, the Old Testament monster of the deep, possibly here representing the powers of death and Hell, overcome by the sacrifice of Christ.
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 20-12-2011
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References
Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 139.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
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