Christ Healing the Sick
detail from Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John
Photo © Martin Crampin
1902
Three--light window. Standing figures of Christ with Mary and John, echoing the composition of the Crucifixion with the two saints, but with Christ shown standing with the text 'Come unto me'. Scenes below (left to right) show Dorcas, Christ healing the sick, and further works of charity, with the text 'charity out of a pure heart' (1 Timothy 1:5).
firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery
donor: William Thomas Lewis
Church of St Issell, St Issells, Pembrokeshire
east wall of the chancel
Given in memory of Ann, wife of Sir William Thomas Lewis, whose portrait roundel can be seen in the lowerright-hand light. The same portrait image was used on another window given by the donor in her memory at the Church of St Elvan, Aberdare.
Three--light window. Standing figures of Christ with Mary and John, echoing the composition of the Crucifixion with the two saints, but with Christ shown standing with the text 'Come unto me'. Scenes below (left to right) show Dorcas, Christ healing the sick, and further works of charity, with the text 'charity out of a pure heart' (1 Timothy 1:5).
firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery
donor: William Thomas Lewis
Church of St Issell, St Issells, Pembrokeshire
east wall of the chancel
Given in memory of Ann, wife of Sir William Thomas Lewis, whose portrait roundel can be seen in the lowerright-hand light. The same portrait image was used on another window given by the donor in her memory at the Church of St Elvan, Aberdare.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 12-04-2016
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- Christ with Mary and John - adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc.
- feeding the hungry - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy [Matthew 25:31-46]
- miracles of Christ - healing the sick
- works of charity of Tabitha: she makes clothes for the poor [Acts 9:36]
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 158-9.
ReferencesThomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 443.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2016.
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