Virgin and Child and St Benedict
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
about 1920-1928
Two roundels.
size: 25 cm (diameter of each panel) [approx]
artist: Theodore Baily
Caldey Abbey, Caldey Island
cloister
The figure of Benedict is robed in a way more characteristic of Orthodox monks than western Catholic religious. The image has many similarities with representations of St John Climacus, a near contemporary of Benedict and revered as one of the founders of eastern monasticism. Baily, himself much influenced by Orthodoxy, seems here to have 'merged' pre-eminent founding fathers of monasticism east and west quite deliberately in his image of Benedict. The figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary also shows the strong influence of Orthodox icons.
Two roundels.
size: 25 cm (diameter of each panel) [approx]
artist: Theodore Baily
Caldey Abbey, Caldey Island
cloister
The figure of Benedict is robed in a way more characteristic of Orthodox monks than western Catholic religious. The image has many similarities with representations of St John Climacus, a near contemporary of Benedict and revered as one of the founders of eastern monasticism. Baily, himself much influenced by Orthodoxy, seems here to have 'merged' pre-eminent founding fathers of monasticism east and west quite deliberately in his image of Benedict. The figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary also shows the strong influence of Orthodox icons.
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 20-12-2011
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Martin Crampin and John Morgan-Guy, Imaging the Bible in Wales (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), Reproduction and Tradition: The Orthodox World.
ReferencesThomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 146.
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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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