The Crucifixion with Longinus and Saints
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
1920
Three-light window with Longinus, the Roman centurion kneeling at the foot of the cross, as well as Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors (who holds a ship to represent the sailors who lost their lives in the First World War), Alban, the first Christian to give his life for the faith in England, and Martin, the patron saint of soldiers. At the top of the three lights are quotations from John, chapter 15. In the second and third lights are words from the Burial Office. Texts and roundel with the Virgin and Child in the lower panels.
size: 190 cm (width) [approx]
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd
Church of St John the Baptist, Newport
south wall of the south aisle
Signed with the tower and wheatsheaf motif of the firm.
Angels holds text: 'He will swallow up death in victory (Isaiah 25:8); 'death where is thy sting - O grave where is thy victory' (1 Corinthians 15:55). Texts in the lower panels: 'By thy Cross and precious blood thou hast redeemed the World.' 'He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.' (Matthew 10:39).
Three-light window with Longinus, the Roman centurion kneeling at the foot of the cross, as well as Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors (who holds a ship to represent the sailors who lost their lives in the First World War), Alban, the first Christian to give his life for the faith in England, and Martin, the patron saint of soldiers. At the top of the three lights are quotations from John, chapter 15. In the second and third lights are words from the Burial Office. Texts and roundel with the Virgin and Child in the lower panels.
size: 190 cm (width) [approx]
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd
Church of St John the Baptist, Newport
south wall of the south aisle
Signed with the tower and wheatsheaf motif of the firm.
Angels holds text: 'He will swallow up death in victory (Isaiah 25:8); 'death where is thy sting - O grave where is thy victory' (1 Corinthians 15:55). Texts in the lower panels: 'By thy Cross and precious blood thou hast redeemed the World.' 'He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.' (Matthew 10:39).
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 14-12-2011
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- Crucified Christ with other persons [Matthew 27:33-58; Mark 15:22-45; Luke 23:33-52; John 19:17-38]
- crucified Christ with Stephaton and/or Longinus
- St Alban
- St Martin(us), bishop of Tours
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Further reading
Donald Curtis, The Stained Glass of the parish church of St. John the Baptist, Newport, Monmouthshire (1957), p.7.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 429.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
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