The Nativity
detail from Scenes from the Gospels with the Twelve Disciples
Photo © Martin Crampin
about 1870
Three-light window with scenes of the Nativity, Christ with the Doctors of the Law, and the Wedding of Cana. The rose window above contains roundels of each of the twelve disciples, centred around Mary Magdalene.
firm/studio: Clayton & Bell
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Abbey Cwmhir, Powys
west wall (window number: wI)
Similar in style to the windows by the same firm at Dolgellau, which also contain roundels of disciples as well as a range of other biblical characters.
Three-light window with scenes of the Nativity, Christ with the Doctors of the Law, and the Wedding of Cana. The rose window above contains roundels of each of the twelve disciples, centred around Mary Magdalene.
firm/studio: Clayton & Bell
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Abbey Cwmhir, Powys
west wall (window number: wI)
Similar in style to the windows by the same firm at Dolgellau, which also contain roundels of disciples as well as a range of other biblical characters.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 17-12-2018
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- Christ orders (six) jars to be filled with water - marriage-feast at Cana
- Christ's dispute with the doctors in the temple [Luke 2:46-50]
- Mary, Joseph and the new-born Christ (Nativity) [Luke 2:1-7]
- St Mary Magdalene
- the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context)
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References
Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 215.
Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 277.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2018.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1671 (accessed 13 November 2024)
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