The Supper at Emmaus
detail from Christ at Emmaus
around 1890
Two-light window with Christ breaking bread at Emmaus in the left-hand light, and Christ with the two disciples at Emmaus in the right-hand light. Angels at the head of both lights, one holding a chalice, the other a staff for travelling. A prophet in the trefoil at top of the window holds a text.
firm/studio: Lavers, Barraud & WestlakeChurch of St John, Porthmadog, Gwyneddsouth wall of the chancel (window number: sII)
Given in memory of a son of Edward and Margaret Breese, by his brothers and sisters.
The text held by the prophet at the top of the window reads 'O death I will be thy plagues' (Hosea 13:14).
Texts below the biblical scenes 'Their eyes were opened and they knew him' (Luke 24:31); 'Abide with us' (Luke 24:29).
The window is not visible from the main body of the church; photographs taken from above the roofed meeting room created in the original chancel. ObjectID=5505 No imageRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 04-11-2024
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass at the Church of St John the Evangelist Porthmadog, (Aberystwyth: Sulien, 2025), pp. 10–11.
ReferencesRichard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd, (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 499.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2024.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/5505 (accessed 22 October 2025)
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