St Michael Fighting the Dragon
detail from The Adoration of the Magi with the Annunciation and the Visitation
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
about 1920
Hinged reredos with the Magi and the Virgin and Child flanked by roundels of St Michael fighting a many-headed dragon and St George on horseback fighting a dragon. Roundels depicting the Annunciation and Visitation on the wings with heraldry.
designer: Ninian Comper
Church of St John the Baptist, Cardiff
Chapel of the Order of St John
Given in memory of Lord Kitchener (died 1916).
Hinged reredos with the Magi and the Virgin and Child flanked by roundels of St Michael fighting a many-headed dragon and St George on horseback fighting a dragon. Roundels depicting the Annunciation and Visitation on the wings with heraldry.
designer: Ninian Comper
Church of St John the Baptist, Cardiff
Chapel of the Order of St John
Given in memory of Lord Kitchener (died 1916).
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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- adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh) [Matthew 2:11]
- St George and the dragon
- St Michael the Archangel fighting the dragon (devil, Satan) [Revelation 12:9]
- the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel [Luke 1:26-38]
- the Visitation [Luke 1:39-56]
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References
John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 190.
W. H. John, The Parish Church of Cardiff: St John the Baptist (Much Wenlock: RJL Smith & Associates, 1992).
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
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