Tracery Lights
detail from East Window
Photo © Martin Crampin
1868
A complex five-light window. The Crucifixion with Mary, John and Mary Magdalene occupies the central light, flanked by two scenes from the parable of the Good Samaritan, and scenes with monks and a bishop in the outer lights. Further scenes in the tracery include the adoration of the Virgin and Child and acts of mercy.
firm/studio: Alexander Gibbs & Co.
Church of St Dunawd, Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
Given by public subscription in memory of the rector of Bangor in 1868.
The two outer lights appear to depict the British bishops consulting a hermit prior to their meeting with Augustine (left), and the their meeting with Augustine (right) who remained seated to greet them, as recounted in Bede's Ecclesiastical History. This incited the anger of the British bishops and ultimately the death of hundreds of monks at the monastery of Bangor-on-Dee.
A complex five-light window. The Crucifixion with Mary, John and Mary Magdalene occupies the central light, flanked by two scenes from the parable of the Good Samaritan, and scenes with monks and a bishop in the outer lights. Further scenes in the tracery include the adoration of the Virgin and Child and acts of mercy.
firm/studio: Alexander Gibbs & Co.
Church of St Dunawd, Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
Given by public subscription in memory of the rector of Bangor in 1868.
The two outer lights appear to depict the British bishops consulting a hermit prior to their meeting with Augustine (left), and the their meeting with Augustine (right) who remained seated to greet them, as recounted in Bede's Ecclesiastical History. This incited the anger of the British bishops and ultimately the death of hundreds of monks at the monastery of Bangor-on-Dee.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 03-05-2021
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- a Samaritan tending the wounds of the traveller - the good Samaritan [Luke 10:33-34]
- crucified Christ with Mary, John, and Mary Magdalene [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
- the traveller is attacked by robbers - parable of the good Samaritan [Luke 10:30]
- adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh) [Matthew 2:11]
- adoration of the Virgin and Christ-child by the shepherds, Joseph not present [Luke 2:16]
- angels
- Christ as Good Shepherd [John 10:1-18]
- city-view in general, landscape with city or town
- clothing the naked - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy [Matthew 25:31-46]
- feeding the hungry - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy [Matthew 25:31-46]
- Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap
- sheltering strangers, 'hospes colligitur' - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy [Matthew 25:31-46]
- the lost sheep sought and found by the shepherd - parable of the good shepherd [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:4-7]
- trees
- visiting the sick - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy [Matthew 25:31-46]
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Further reading
D. R. Thomas, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph (Oswestry: Caxton Press, 1908-1913), vol. I, p. 432.
ReferencesMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 118, 144.
Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 321.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2021.
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