Christ as the Man of Sorrows
detail from The Ascension and the Crucifixion
Photo © Martin Crampin
1859
Seven-light window with the scenes of the Ascension and Crucifixion across the five central lights. Seated figures of Peter and Paul uppermost in the tracery lights, with standing figures of the four evangelists below them. Four figures of Christ in the outer lights: as Good Shepherd, with the Eucharistic Chalice, holding an orb and bound with the crown of thorns as the Man of Sorrows.
firm/studio: Thomas Baillie
Church of St Nicholas, Montgomery, Powys
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
Seven-light window with the scenes of the Ascension and Crucifixion across the five central lights. Seated figures of Peter and Paul uppermost in the tracery lights, with standing figures of the four evangelists below them. Four figures of Christ in the outer lights: as Good Shepherd, with the Eucharistic Chalice, holding an orb and bound with the crown of thorns as the Man of Sorrows.
firm/studio: Thomas Baillie
Church of St Nicholas, Montgomery, Powys
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 23-10-2020
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- Christ ascends into heaven; apostles (and Mary) beneath [Acts 1:9-11; Luke 24:50-51]
- the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
- the four evangelists together (author portraits)
- 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet
- Christ as Good Shepherd [John 10:1-18]
- Christ with chalice, and bread or Host
- crown of thorns - instruments of the Passion
- Paul of Tarsus, apostle
- St Peter, apostle and first bishop of Rome
- the crowning with thorns: soldiers with sticks place a thorny crown on Christ's head and give him a reed [Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2-3]
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 108.
'Montgomery Church' Montgomeryshire Collections, vol. 67 (1979), 13.
ReferencesRichard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 166.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020.
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