Abraham and Melchizedek
detail from Figures from the Old and New Testaments
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
about 1958-1959
Series of four two-light windows windows along the north and south walls of the chancel with various biblical and historical scenes and characters. North wall: Moses with the Ten Commandments and David playing the harp, with Moses in the bulrushes and Ruth and Naomi below; Zacharias and John the Baptist, with Abraham and Melchizedek and the ascension of Elijah below. Along the south wall (from east): Mary and Martha, with Cenydd and Florence Nightingale below; Peter and Paul, with the calling of Peter and the conversion of Saul below.
firm/studio: Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd
designer: E. Liddall Armitage
Church of St Mary, Swansea
chancel
A further window in a matching style was added in 1978 on the south side.
Series of four two-light windows windows along the north and south walls of the chancel with various biblical and historical scenes and characters. North wall: Moses with the Ten Commandments and David playing the harp, with Moses in the bulrushes and Ruth and Naomi below; Zacharias and John the Baptist, with Abraham and Melchizedek and the ascension of Elijah below. Along the south wall (from east): Mary and Martha, with Cenydd and Florence Nightingale below; Peter and Paul, with the calling of Peter and the conversion of Saul below.
firm/studio: Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd
designer: E. Liddall Armitage
Church of St Mary, Swansea
chancel
A further window in a matching style was added in 1978 on the south side.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 08-08-2023
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- calling of Peter and Andrew; they are called away from their fishing-boat [Matthew 4:18-20; Mark 1:16-18]
- David as musician, usually playing the harp
- Florence Nightingale
- Moses (not in biblical context)
- Moses is exposed in the ark on the banks of the Nile; Miriam, Moses' sister, keeps watch [Exodus 2:3-4]
- on the way to Damascus Christ appears to Saul, who falls from his horse and is blinded by the light - the conversion of Paul [Acts 9:3-7]
- Paul of Tarsus, apostle
- St Cennydd
- St John the Baptist
- St Martha of Bethany
- St Mary Magdalene
- St Peter, apostle and first bishop of Rome
- the ascension of Elijah: a chariot, horses of fire and a whirlwind appear and Elijah is carried up into heaven; Elijah's cloak falls (or he hands it over to Elisha) [2 Kings 2:1-18]
- the meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, the high priest and king of Salem, who brings bread and wine [Genesis 14:18-20]
- Zacharias, father of John the Baptist
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Further reading
A Short Guide to the Stained Glass Windows in St. Mary's Parish Church Swansea (Swansea: The Friends of St. Mary's, 2001 (second edition)).
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 581.
Painton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), p. 226.
A Directory of Stained Glass Windows (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1961), p. 82.
A Directory of Stained Glass Windows (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1966), p. 85.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2023.
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