Christ the Good Shepherd with St David and St Luke
about 1935
Three-light window with standing figures on plain backgrounds.
firm/studio: Bristow Wadley & Co. Ltd.
designer: Charles Powell
Church of St Barnabas, Gilfach Goch, Rhondda Cynon Taff
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
The original figures in the window were designed either by Charles Powell, shortly before his death in 1934, or more probably by his son Christopher Charles Powell. According to the faculty, dated January 1935, the window was originally intended to depict the saints with the crucified Christ.
Following war damage, the window was substantially renewed in 1954 by the Cardiff firm of Bristow Wadley & Co., according to the Llandaff diocesan records (among uncatalogued faculties in the National Library of Wales). Drawings were prepared by L.H. Prag of the firm. How much of the original window was retained, if any, is uncertain.
David is shown playing the harp, a conflation of the imagery of the Welsh saint and the biblical David.
Three-light window with standing figures on plain backgrounds.
firm/studio: Bristow Wadley & Co. Ltd.
designer: Charles Powell
Church of St Barnabas, Gilfach Goch, Rhondda Cynon Taff
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
The original figures in the window were designed either by Charles Powell, shortly before his death in 1934, or more probably by his son Christopher Charles Powell. According to the faculty, dated January 1935, the window was originally intended to depict the saints with the crucified Christ.
Following war damage, the window was substantially renewed in 1954 by the Cardiff firm of Bristow Wadley & Co., according to the Llandaff diocesan records (among uncatalogued faculties in the National Library of Wales). Drawings were prepared by L.H. Prag of the firm. How much of the original window was retained, if any, is uncertain.
David is shown playing the harp, a conflation of the imagery of the Welsh saint and the biblical David.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 07-09-2020
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- Christ as Good Shepherd [John 10:1-18]
- St David
- St Luke the evangelist
- the lost sheep sought and found by the shepherd - parable of the good shepherd [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:4-7]
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References
A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1939), p. 65.
A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1952), p. 72.
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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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