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from Iluminations from The Book of Collects
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1854
Illuminated manuscript of the collects for the Sundays and Red-Letter Festivals of the church year according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Decorated in medieval manner, each collect is written in black ink decorated with red, with illustrated borders. Many of the borders contain biblical scenes and saints.
St David's Cathedral Library, St Davids, Pembrokeshire
Reproduced by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of St David's Cathedral.
The manuscript was given to the cathedral by Miss Dorothy Ellis. In a letter dated 20th December 1928, she noted that 'the book was made by my English Great Aunts who were Puseyites of the forties and fifties. I give it in memory of my late father'. Unfortunately Miss Ellis names neither the aunts nor her father. She left Pembrokeshire for Newmarket.
Illuminated manuscript of the collects for the Sundays and Red-Letter Festivals of the church year according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Decorated in medieval manner, each collect is written in black ink decorated with red, with illustrated borders. Many of the borders contain biblical scenes and saints.
St David's Cathedral Library, St Davids, Pembrokeshire
Reproduced by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of St David's Cathedral.
The manuscript was given to the cathedral by Miss Dorothy Ellis. In a letter dated 20th December 1928, she noted that 'the book was made by my English Great Aunts who were Puseyites of the forties and fifties. I give it in memory of my late father'. Unfortunately Miss Ellis names neither the aunts nor her father. She left Pembrokeshire for Newmarket.
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- Christ ascends into heaven; apostles (and Mary) beneath [Acts 1:9-11; Luke 24:50-51]
- Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers
- crucified Christ with Mary, John, and Mary Magdalene [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
- flowers
- James the Great, apostle
- John the Baptist preaching (perhaps Christ among the bystanders) [Matthew 3:1-5; Mark 1:6-7; Luke 3:2-3]
- lamb bearing cross or banner, 'Agnus Dei' - symbol of Christ
- on the way to Damascus Christ appears to Saul, who falls from his horse and is blinded by the light - the conversion of Paul [Acts 9:3-7]
- Paul of Tarsus, apostle
- St Andrew, apostle
- St Barnabas of Cyprus, first bishop of Milan
- St Bartholomew, apostle
- St John the Baptist
- St John the Evangelist, apostle
- St Jude Thaddaeus, apostle
- St Luke the evangelist
- St Mark (Marcus) the evangelist, and bishop of Alexandria
- St Matthew (Mattheus), apostle and evangelist
- St Matthias, apostle and martyr
- St Peter, apostle and first bishop of Rome
- St Philip, apostle
- St Simon Zelotes (or Simon the Canaanite), apostle
- St Stephen, deacon and (proto)martyr
- St Thomas, apostle
- the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel [Luke 1:26-38]
- the instruments of the Passion and the five wounded limbs
- the supper at Emmaus: Christ is recognized while blessing or breaking the bread [Luke 24:30-31]
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2024.
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