Virgin and Child
from Figures on the Rood Screen
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
about 1926-1930
Medieval rood screen with twentieth century figures of Peter, James, Virgin and Child, Luke and Paul.
designer: W. D. Caröe
artist: Nathaniel Hitch
Church of St Bilo, Llanfilo, Powys
rood screen
The late fifteenth/early sixteenth century carved screen was restored by W.D. Caroë and others between 1913 and 1951. The rood, also by Nathaniel Hitch, was dedicated in 1925 before work began on the figures, which were completed in about 1930.
Medieval rood screen with twentieth century figures of Peter, James, Virgin and Child, Luke and Paul.
designer: W. D. Caröe
artist: Nathaniel Hitch
Church of St Bilo, Llanfilo, Powys
rood screen
The late fifteenth/early sixteenth century carved screen was restored by W.D. Caroë and others between 1913 and 1951. The rood, also by Nathaniel Hitch, was dedicated in 1925 before work began on the figures, which were completed in about 1930.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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- Luke the evangelist
- Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap
- the apostle James the Great
- the apostle Paul of Tarsus
- the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome
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Further reading
Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 340.
Jennifer M. Freeman, W.D. Caröe: his architectural achievement (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991), pp. 197-8.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1298 (accessed 20 September 2024)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1298 (accessed 20 September 2024)
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