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The Ascension

  The Ascension

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

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about 1860

Single-light window.



Church of St Mary, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
sanctuary apse


Companion piece to the Adoration of the Magi window, but less effective. Eleven apostles, with the Blessed Virgin and - rather more unusually - Mary Magdalene. Memorial to Richard Richards (1787-1860) of Caerynwch, MP for Merionethshire 1836-52.

 
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 20-12-2011

 

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    References

    Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 586.


     

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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)
    https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/554 (accessed 6 September 2025)



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      The Ascension

    Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales



     
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