Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John
from Figures from the Bible and Saints
Photo © Martin Crampin
1885
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. Christ stands at the centre of the window, crowned and holding an orb, with Mary and John standing at each side. Family heraldry below, with inscription surrounded by vine decoration, and shields above with the cross, and the superscription 'INRI'. The uppermost light has a roundel with the Agnus Dei.
size: 35 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe
Church of All Saints, Newbridge-on-Wye
east wall of the sanctuary apse (window number: I)
Text with John: 'That which we have seen & heard declare we unto you' (I John 1:3).
The inscription records the gift of the window by Susan Catherine Venables, in memory of her husband Joseph Henry Venables (1813–1866).
The arrangement of the three figures echoes the traditional depiction of Mary and John at each side of Christ on the cross. It was Kempe's original intention to depict the crucified Christ at the centre, with the whole set of windows illustrating the doctrine of the Atonement.
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. Christ stands at the centre of the window, crowned and holding an orb, with Mary and John standing at each side. Family heraldry below, with inscription surrounded by vine decoration, and shields above with the cross, and the superscription 'INRI'. The uppermost light has a roundel with the Agnus Dei.
size: 35 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe
Church of All Saints, Newbridge-on-Wye
east wall of the sanctuary apse (window number: I)
Text with John: 'That which we have seen & heard declare we unto you' (I John 1:3).
The inscription records the gift of the window by Susan Catherine Venables, in memory of her husband Joseph Henry Venables (1813–1866).
The arrangement of the three figures echoes the traditional depiction of Mary and John at each side of Christ on the cross. It was Kempe's original intention to depict the crucified Christ at the centre, with the whole set of windows illustrating the doctrine of the Atonement.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 25-09-2024
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- 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet
- St John the Evangelist, apostle
- upright figures of Mary without the Christ-child
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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.
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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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