Christ with the Virgin and Child, St John the Baptist, St Luke and St David

  Christ with the Virgin and Child, St John the Baptist, St Luke and St David

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

1915

Five-light window with standing figures. Angels holding heraldic shields in the tracery.


designer: Ninian Comper

Church of St John the Baptist, Cardiff
east wall of the chancel

Given in memory of Dr Charles Vachell.

As Charles Vachell was a doctor, it was fitting that Luke should be among the figures. Luke is depicted writing, or perhaps drawing on a book. As he looks directly across at the Virgin and Child, who return his gaze, this seems to be a reference to the tradition that Luke painted a portrait of the Virgin and Child.

 
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 08-08-2012

 

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Further reading

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 222.

References

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 190.

W. H. John, The Parish Church of Cardiff: St John the Baptist (Much Wenlock: RJL Smith & Associates, 1992), p. 4.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2012. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/661 (accessed 24 November 2024)


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