The West window shows three Old Testament figures. From left these are Aaron, Moses and David. The artist was David Evans who lived 1793 – 1861. The dates of the panels were 1840, 1843. Owing to the representations of the old painters and sculptors, it has become a wide-spread belief that Moses, when he came down from Mount Sinai with the tables of the Law, had two horns on his forehead. This strange idea, however, is based upon a wrong interpretation of Ex. xxxiv. 29, 35. PLAN
22. NORTHWEST NAVE SHOP
The Cathedral shop is located in the Northwest nave.
23. SHOP CRUCIFIXION AND WINDOW
There are two items of interest to us in the shop. One is a large artwork of The Crucifixion on the West wall, showing a rather skeletal image of Christ on the Cross. The window on the adjacent wall shows three standing figures under canopies – SS Peter, John and Paul. David Evans was the artist. The figures were part of the former East window. John was part of the original window installed in 1840 at a cost of £200, while Peter and Paul were added in 1843. The glass was removed in 1872 and reset in this position in about 1880. Symbols of the tribes of Israel are found in the tracery lights.
24. NORTH NAVE
Looking down along the North nave wall, we see five more stained glass windows, interspersed with various plaques and memorials.
25. NORTH NAVE WINDOWS
The windows form an interesting sequence of figures praising God: • the angels – represented by Gabriel, Michael, Raphael; • the apostles – SS Peter, Paul, John; • the prophets – Isaiah, St John the Baptist, Amos; • the martyrs – SS Alban, Stephen, Winnifred; • the holy Church – SS Cecelia, Chad and Margaret.
26. NORTH NAVE MEMORIALS
Between the windows are a number of memorials in which the Cathedral remembers its own. Remembered with family members are Hugh Price (Vicar), John Warren (Chancellor, Dean), John Hamer (Vicar), Thomas Ellis (Treasurer), wives of James Henry Cotton (Precentor and Vicar). The last inscription is illegible.
27. NORTHEAST NAVE
The North aisle terminates in a door for staff only. There are several more memorials here, a small piano, some curious large stones, and on the right a Station of the Cross.
28. WINDOW PLATE AND HEADLESS BUSTS
The brass plate acknowledges the memorial gift of the five ‘praise’ windows on this wall. Below on the floor are the headless busts of Richard Vaughan, 1607 ... successively bishop of Bangor, Chester and London; and Henry Rowlands, ... bishop of Bangor 1616.
29. NORTHEAST NAVE II
In the opposite corner we have several more memorials. There remember: • Roland Runcis, organist and choir conductor; • Leslie Paul, organist and master of the choristers; • Henry William Majendie, a bishop of Bangor; and • a list of Cathedral war casualties.
30. SOME STATIONS OF THE CROSS
On the North columns of the Cathedral nave, and in various other places is a set of Stations of the Cross. These are a set of 14 images showing Jesus on his way from his trial to his burial. Shown are the first four: • Jesus before Pilate; • Jesus takes up his Cross; • Jesus falls for the first time; • Jesus meets his mother Mary.
31. SOUTH NAVE WALL
We now turn to the South nave. These overviews show the three stained glass windows, the various memorials, and the two table displays. The actual paintings hanging here are “after Carvaggio’s ‘Entombment’ and ‘Doubting Thomas’” by a local artist. Because of copyright concerns the photos here show the originals by Caravaggio.
32. SOUTH NAVE WINDOWS
There are just three stained glass windows on this South nave wall (plus one more behind the font). These windows depict Welsh saints. From left: • St Eluod (Elwad), St Dewi, St Cyndeyrn C6,7; • S Seiriol C6, ? , St Cybi 6C; • St Dyfrig C5,6, S Deiniol C6, St Beuno C7.
33. COLOURS AND MEMORIALS
The colours hanging at the East end of the South aisle belong to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Some of these memorials are illegible (or in Welsh or Latin), but the following are remembered: James Vincent Vincent (Dean of the Cathedral), Jacob Edward Vincent, and Robert Morgan who died in 1666.
34. SOUTH NAVE MEMORIALS
Several of these memorials are illegible. However, one memorial remembers Arthur Rowley Heyland who died in the battle of Waterloo in 1815. Rev Pearce Owen Mealy died in 1801 and Ridgeway Mealy in 1803. And Captain W Mavrick died in 1668 and his wife Aned in 1649.
35. TWO DISPLAYS
Along the South aisle are two small table displays. At left is an icon of ‘Christ in Blessing’. There is also a framed print of the Carvaggio painting ‘The Entombment of Jesus’. And at right is an icon of St Dieniol, the first bishop of Bangor, who was consecrated bishop in 546 AD.
36. CHILDREN’S AREA
At the West end of the South aisle is a children’s area. Many churches and cathedrals have an area like this where children can play or receive instruction.
37. SOUTHWEST NAVE
Behind the children’s area and behind the font is a small raised area. From here we can see a further stained glass window, an art work on the wall at right, several stone tablets on the left wall with a stone tomb below.
38. WINDOW AND ARTWORK
The window is clearly the work of David Evans. It shows St Luke, St Matthew and St Mark and dates from 1840. The artwork on the adjacent wall is a sketch of an off-balance child clutching at the Cross.
39. OLD TOMB
On the floor in this area sits an old tomb – probably of historcal significance, but not labelled.
40. TOMB FRAGMENTS
Also in this little area, a set of four tomb fragments lines the window wall. A small notice reads: ‘Tomb – three fragments of altar tomb, late 16th cent., formerly situated in ... Cathedral crossing.’ Presumably this refers to the three matching fragments on the right.
