St Peter and St John at the Empty Tomb
detail from Scenes from the Resurrection of Christ
Photo © Martin Crampin
1918
Five-light window with five principal scenes. Flanking the Ascension at the centre are scenes of Peter and John, and the three women, at the empty tomb. On the right, Christ meets Mary Magdalene and Christ with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. The twelve disciples (including Matthias) are depicted in the tracery, with Marcella, Asaph, the pelican in her piety and the Agnus Dei.
size: 56 cm (width of each light)
artist: Henry Gustave Hiller
Church of St Marcella, Llanfarchell, Denbighshire
east wall of the south nave (window number: sI)
Signed by the artist.
Dedication: 'This window is dedicated to the honour and glory of God and in loving and grateful memory of their beloved parents by Cecil Wray Harrison and Elizabeth Frances his wife of "Goppa" Denbigh. Erected 1918. "Their children arise and call them blessed" '. The quote is adapted from Proverbs 31:28.
Five-light window with five principal scenes. Flanking the Ascension at the centre are scenes of Peter and John, and the three women, at the empty tomb. On the right, Christ meets Mary Magdalene and Christ with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. The twelve disciples (including Matthias) are depicted in the tracery, with Marcella, Asaph, the pelican in her piety and the Agnus Dei.
size: 56 cm (width of each light)
artist: Henry Gustave Hiller
Church of St Marcella, Llanfarchell, Denbighshire
east wall of the south nave (window number: sI)
Signed by the artist.
Dedication: 'This window is dedicated to the honour and glory of God and in loving and grateful memory of their beloved parents by Cecil Wray Harrison and Elizabeth Frances his wife of "Goppa" Denbigh. Erected 1918. "Their children arise and call them blessed" '. The quote is adapted from Proverbs 31:28.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 18-09-2018
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- Mary Magdalene meets the Risen Christ; 'Noli me tangere' [John 20:14-17]
- Peter and/or John make sure that the tomb of Christ is empty [Luke 24:12; John 20:4-8]
- the Ascension [Luke 24:50-51; Acts 1:9-11]
- the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]
- the journey to Emmaus: two disciples (Cleopas and Peter) under way [Luke 24:13-29]
- the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context)
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 179.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2018.
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