Head of the Christ-child
detail from Medieval Fragments including the Holy Trinity
Photo © Martin Crampin
about 1460
Partial fragments inserted at the top of a two-light window. Together with a depiction of God the Father with the dove of the Holy Spirit and crucified Christ, there are two further heads of the Christ-child, one of which may be from a depiction of the Virgin and child.
Church of St Rhychwyn, Llanrhychwyn, Conwy
east wall of the south nave
Partial fragments inserted at the top of a two-light window. Together with a depiction of God the Father with the dove of the Holy Spirit and crucified Christ, there are two further heads of the Christ-child, one of which may be from a depiction of the Virgin and child.
Church of St Rhychwyn, Llanrhychwyn, Conwy
east wall of the south nave
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 36, 49.
Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), pp. 72-3.
H. Harold Hughes, 'Llanrhychwyn Church and its Painted Windows' Archaeologia Cambrensis, vol. 82 (1927), 118-21.
ReferencesRichard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 458.
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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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