An Angel Greets the Three Women at the Empty Tomb
detail from Christ with the Virgin and Child and St Michael
Photo © Martin Crampin
about 1946
Three-light window. Standing figures above, with Christ depicted with wounds and in a mandorla, Michael slaying the dragon. Below the three Marys are shown greeted by the angel at the empty tomb.
firm/studio: J. Wippell & Co. Ltd
Church of St Mary, Cardigan, Ceredigion
north wall of the sanctuary (window number: nII)
Signed with the firm's monogram.
Text: 'I ascend to my father and your father' (John 20:17).
Given in memory of Desmond Thomas RAF, the eldest son of David William Charles and Eleanor May Stephens Thomas of Pantgwyn, Cardigan.
The faculty for the window is dated March 1946.
Three-light window. Standing figures above, with Christ depicted with wounds and in a mandorla, Michael slaying the dragon. Below the three Marys are shown greeted by the angel at the empty tomb.
firm/studio: J. Wippell & Co. Ltd
Church of St Mary, Cardigan, Ceredigion
north wall of the sanctuary (window number: nII)
Signed with the firm's monogram.
Text: 'I ascend to my father and your father' (John 20:17).
Given in memory of Desmond Thomas RAF, the eldest son of David William Charles and Eleanor May Stephens Thomas of Pantgwyn, Cardigan.
The faculty for the window is dated March 1946.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 21-08-2020
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- Madonna: Mary standing (or half-length), Christ-child close to her bosom
- St Michael the Archangel fighting the dragon (devil, Satan) [Revelation 12:9]
- Standing figure of the Risen Christ in Glory, sometimes with mandorla, perhaps with arms raised or outstretched.
- the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020.
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