Figures from the Bible and Saints
Photo © Martin Crampin
1883
The sanctuary windows comprise five three-light windows with standing figures. The figures, from left to right, are Noah, Abraham with Isaac, Moses, Isaiah, David, John the Baptist, Christ flanked by Mary and John, Mary Magdalene, Peter, Stephen, and the Welsh saints Llure, David and Afan. The windows also include family heraldry and inscriptions below, and the instruments of the Passion above.
size: 35 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe
Church of All Saints, Newbridge-on-Wye
sanctuary apse (window number: I)
Given in memory of the Venables family. Most of the figures were installed in 1883 although the central window was installed last, in 1885.
Some figures were reused cartoons by Wyndham Hope Hughes from Holy Trinity, Stirling, reconfigured in these windows with newer designs that Adrian Barlow attributes to Kempe's chief designer of the 1880s, John Carter.
The sanctuary windows comprise five three-light windows with standing figures. The figures, from left to right, are Noah, Abraham with Isaac, Moses, Isaiah, David, John the Baptist, Christ flanked by Mary and John, Mary Magdalene, Peter, Stephen, and the Welsh saints Llure, David and Afan. The windows also include family heraldry and inscriptions below, and the instruments of the Passion above.
size: 35 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe
Church of All Saints, Newbridge-on-Wye
sanctuary apse (window number: I)
Given in memory of the Venables family. Most of the figures were installed in 1883 although the central window was installed last, in 1885.
Some figures were reused cartoons by Wyndham Hope Hughes from Holy Trinity, Stirling, reconfigured in these windows with newer designs that Adrian Barlow attributes to Kempe's chief designer of the 1880s, John Carter.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 01-11-2024
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- 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet
- Abraham (not in biblical context)
- David as musician, usually playing the harp
- Moses (not in biblical context)
- Noah (not in biblical context)
- St Afan
- St David
- St John the Baptist
- St John the Evangelist, apostle
- St Llyr
- St Mary Magdalene
- St Peter, apostle and first bishop of Rome
- St Stephen, deacon and (proto)martyr
- the prophet Isaiah (not in biblical context)
- upright figures of Mary without the Christ-child
- column (of the flagellation) - instruments of the Passion
- crown of thorns - instruments of the Passion
- David (not in biblical context)
- dice - instruments of the Passion
- flagellum - instruments of the Passion
- harp
- IHS ('Iesus Hominum Salvator') - symbol of Christ
- Isaac
- key
- lamb bearing cross or banner, 'Agnus Dei' - symbol of Christ
- nails - instruments of the Passion
- orb (symbol of sovereignty; sphere with cross on top)
- seamless garment - instruments of the Passion
- the ark - story of Noah
- the sacrifice of Isaac [Genesis 22:]
- the superscription: I(esus) N(azarenus) R(ex) I(udaeorum) - Christ's crucifixion [John 19:19-20]
- the ten commandments represented together on stone tablets [Exodus 20:3-20; Exodus 24:12; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 34:1-4]
- vine
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 134.
Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 378.
Adrian Barlow, Espying Heaven: The Stained Glass of Charles Eamer Kempe and his Artists (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2019), pp. 18, 20–1.
Adrian Barlow, Kempe: The Life, Art and Legacy of Charles Eamer Kempe (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2018), pp. 70, 76–80.
ReferencesMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 134.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2024.
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