Jacob Asleep
detail from Jacob's Dream
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
1897
Sleeping Jacob in the foreground with angels ascending and descending; foreground (left) angel with harp; quatrefoil above depicts an angelic figure in armour with sword and shield, possibly St Michael.
size: 53 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: Cox, Son, Buckley & Co.
Church of All Saints, Glasbury, Powys
north wall of the nave
Signed 'Cox. Son. Buckley, & Co London. 1897'. The design and execution clearly shows the influence of T.F. Curtis (of Curtis Ward & Hughes), who took over the firm in 1893.
Dedication: 'Fen Vitie Dick Iola de Winton'.
Sleeping Jacob in the foreground with angels ascending and descending; foreground (left) angel with harp; quatrefoil above depicts an angelic figure in armour with sword and shield, possibly St Michael.
size: 53 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: Cox, Son, Buckley & Co.
Church of All Saints, Glasbury, Powys
north wall of the nave
Signed 'Cox. Son. Buckley, & Co London. 1897'. The design and execution clearly shows the influence of T.F. Curtis (of Curtis Ward & Hughes), who took over the firm in 1893.
Dedication: 'Fen Vitie Dick Iola de Winton'.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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- the dream of Jacob: while sleeping on the ground with a stone for pillow Jacob sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with angels going up and down [Genesis 29:11-15]
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References
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 17.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
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