The Crucifixion with Saints and Angels
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
1907
Five-light window with Christ on the cross in the central light, St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist, St Ambrose and St Thomas Aquinas. Agnus Dei in the main upper tracery light. The window also features an altar prepared for the Holy Eucharist with Christ as the 'celebrant' his blood collected in chalices by angels. Angels with censers below.
size: 280 cm (width) [approx]
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe
Church of St John the Baptist, Newport
east wall of the chancel
Dedication: The gift of the congregation in thankgiving to God for the great generosity of Mr Frank Johnstone Mitchell of Llanfrechfa Grange, who founded the Mission Church of St John the Baptist on Stow Hill in 1876 and who, in 1898, enabled the Parish of St. John the Baptist to be formed by providing an endowment and a vicarage and aided in the building of the Parish Church.
Five-light window with Christ on the cross in the central light, St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist, St Ambrose and St Thomas Aquinas. Agnus Dei in the main upper tracery light. The window also features an altar prepared for the Holy Eucharist with Christ as the 'celebrant' his blood collected in chalices by angels. Angels with censers below.
size: 280 cm (width) [approx]
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe
Church of St John the Baptist, Newport
east wall of the chancel
Dedication: The gift of the congregation in thankgiving to God for the great generosity of Mr Frank Johnstone Mitchell of Llanfrechfa Grange, who founded the Mission Church of St John the Baptist on Stow Hill in 1876 and who, in 1898, enabled the Parish of St. John the Baptist to be formed by providing an endowment and a vicarage and aided in the building of the Parish Church.
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 14-12-2011
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- Crucified Christ suffering (with crown of thorns) [Matthew 27:33-58; Mark 15:22-45; Luke 23:33-52; John 19:17-38]
- St John the Baptist
- St John the Evangelist, apostle
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Further reading
Donald Curtis, The Stained Glass of the parish church of St. John the Baptist, Newport, Monmouthshire (1957), p.5.
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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