St Anne and Cleophas
Category
Stained glass
Date
circa 1450
Materials
Stained glass
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1399165.2.3
Caption
In the 1840s the Great Hall was radically altered. Heavy oak door-cases were installed, a new ceiling with huge wooden pendants was fitted and these stained glass windows dating from 1450 to the 19th century were added. Today the glass creates beautiful patterns on the walls and floor in the afternoon sunlight.
Summary
A stained glass panel showing St Anne and Cleophas. It is from St Peter Mancroft. St Anne is said to have married three times, she was the mother of the Virgin Mary and her second husband, Cleophas, was one of the two disciples who encountered Jesus on the road to Emmaus, Luke 24:13-32.
Provenance
From the Church of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich. Part of the stained glass collection amassed in the mid-nineteenth century by William Howe Windham (1802-1854) Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969).