Christ Reigning from the Cross
detail from Christ Reigning from the Cross with Annunciation, Visitation and Scenes with St Thomas Becket
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
about 1920
Triptych. Left: Thomas Becket feeds a poor man (depicted with Christ's face) 'Ye gave me meat'. Left centre: Annunciation 'Hail Mary'. Centre: Resurrected Christ against the cross with two shields, one depicting a crown of thorns and three nails, the other, a chalice bearing the host. Right centre: Visitation 'My soul doth magnify the Lord'. Right: Thomas Becket with a priest at the altar before his death 'For God's Church I am willing to die'.
size: 148 cm (width)
designer: John Coates Carter
Church of St Thomas a Becket, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
sanctuary
Dedication: 'In loving memory of George Christopher Hilbers Archdeacon and Rector of this parish 1874-1918. Died November 3 1918 and of his wife Maria Frances Knowles died August 27 1920 RIP.'
Triptych. Left: Thomas Becket feeds a poor man (depicted with Christ's face) 'Ye gave me meat'. Left centre: Annunciation 'Hail Mary'. Centre: Resurrected Christ against the cross with two shields, one depicting a crown of thorns and three nails, the other, a chalice bearing the host. Right centre: Visitation 'My soul doth magnify the Lord'. Right: Thomas Becket with a priest at the altar before his death 'For God's Church I am willing to die'.
size: 148 cm (width)
designer: John Coates Carter
Church of St Thomas a Becket, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
sanctuary
Dedication: 'In loving memory of George Christopher Hilbers Archdeacon and Rector of this parish 1874-1918. Died November 3 1918 and of his wife Maria Frances Knowles died August 27 1920 RIP.'
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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- crucified Christ (in non-narrative context): Christ triumphing (with crown, head usually upright)
- feeding the hungry - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy [Matthew 25:31-46]
- St Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury and martyr
- the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel [Luke 1:26-38]
- the Visitation [Luke 1:39-56]
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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. 214.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
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