Angels
detail from Christ in Majesty with St Michael and Angels
Photo © Martin Crampin
1958
Three-light window with standing figure of Christ above with gulls and rays of light. Below is an inverse rainbow with brightly coloured angels flanking Michael in armour, holding scales.
size: 42 cm (width of each light)
artist: Joan Howson
Church of St Michael, Ynys, Gwynedd
east wall of the chancel
Signed CCT 1958 JH with gull mark.
Given in memory of Robert Jones-Morris and his wife Edith Isabel of Gwrach Ynys and Janett Gwen & Elizabeth Jones, by the daughters of Robert and Edith Jones-Morris. Robert Jones-Morris OBE (died 1943) was organist at the church for many years, and is depicted playing the organ at the foot of the window.
Three-light window with standing figure of Christ above with gulls and rays of light. Below is an inverse rainbow with brightly coloured angels flanking Michael in armour, holding scales.
size: 42 cm (width of each light)
artist: Joan Howson
Church of St Michael, Ynys, Gwynedd
east wall of the chancel
Signed CCT 1958 JH with gull mark.
Given in memory of Robert Jones-Morris and his wife Edith Isabel of Gwrach Ynys and Janett Gwen & Elizabeth Jones, by the daughters of Robert and Edith Jones-Morris. Robert Jones-Morris OBE (died 1943) was organist at the church for many years, and is depicted playing the organ at the foot of the window.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 24-10-2012
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- Standing figure of the Risen Christ in Glory, sometimes with mandorla, perhaps with arms raised or outstretched.
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References
Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), pp. 703-4.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2012.
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