Mary Magdalene and the Risen Christ
Designer: Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Manufacturer: Morris & Co.
1878
Stained glass
Church of St Mary Magdalene and St Michael
Easthampstead
This light, the right-hand one, depicts Mary Magdalene kneeling as she holds her hands with her palms upwards and gazes at the risen Christ standing before her. (The left light shows Mary Magdalene, clutching her robe in an attempt to find comfort, and an angel seated on the slabs pointing to the empty tomb.) The story is told in St John 20:11-18. Above the two lights is a quatrefoil framing two angels blowing straight trumpets (a favourite motif of Burne-Jones and one which echoes The Last Judgment window). The white and pale yellow robes of the six figures predominate against a background of shades of green in the rocks and foliage. These windows were commissioned as a memorial to W. J. Scott of Wick Hill House, Bracknell, who died in 1875.
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Photograph and text by Cynthia Gamble.