Tracery Lights
detail from Scenes from the Life of Christ
Photo © Martin Crampin
1905
Four-light window with scenes including the Annunciation, Crucifixion, Deposition and the Resurrection. Further figures and angels in the tracery lights.
firm/studio: Clayton & Bell
Church of St Illtyd, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan
east wall of the chancel
The window was given in memory of Ernest Vachell by his widow.
The four figures in the lower tracery are listed in the church guide as the saints Samson, Illtud, David and Patrick. The figures of Samson and David are however the biblical characters, the former is unusual and not nimbed, whereas David, with crown and harp, is nimbed. A serpent around the lower part of Patrick's staff seems to confirm this identification and the attributes for Illtud are appropriate. Could the biblical figures of Samson and David have been added by the London firm in error?
Four-light window with scenes including the Annunciation, Crucifixion, Deposition and the Resurrection. Further figures and angels in the tracery lights.
firm/studio: Clayton & Bell
Church of St Illtyd, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan
east wall of the chancel
The window was given in memory of Ernest Vachell by his widow.
The four figures in the lower tracery are listed in the church guide as the saints Samson, Illtud, David and Patrick. The figures of Samson and David are however the biblical characters, the former is unusual and not nimbed, whereas David, with crown and harp, is nimbed. A serpent around the lower part of Patrick's staff seems to confirm this identification and the attributes for Illtud are appropriate. Could the biblical figures of Samson and David have been added by the London firm in error?
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 30-05-2017
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- angel(s) in or at the empty tomb of Christ [Matthew 28:2-3; Mark 16:4-5; Luke 24:4; John 20:12]
- Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood [John 19:25-27]
- descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross [Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53; John 19:38]
- the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel [Luke 1:26-38]
- the risen Christ (with wounds, but without crown of thorns), sometimes holding the cross or a banner
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Further reading
Vivian Kelly, St Illtud's Church Llantwit Major (1993), p. 14.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 408.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2017.
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