Angels Fighting a Two-headed Dragon
detail from The Church Triumphant
© University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, photo Martin Crampin
1978
Three-light window with scenes from the Resurrection and the Last Judgement. The central light depicts the resurrected Christ with gonfalon over cowering soldiers. with saints and apostles around and below Christ seated in majesty. In the left-hand light three warrior angels fight a two-headed dragon outside a city, above a depiction of the disciples receiving the Holy Sprit at Pentecost. In the left-hand light the lamb of God stands in front of a walled city, with four rivers proceeding from the ground below; beneath, an angel greets the three women at the empty tomb. Roundels above the shorter left and right-hand lights lights depicting a ship with a red cross and the phoenix rising from the flames.
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
Church of St Mary, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire
west wall of the nave
Signed with the firm's mark and dated 1978.
Dedication: 'Donated by Parishioners to mark the centenary of St Mary's Church, Burry Port. 1877-1977.'
Three-light window with scenes from the Resurrection and the Last Judgement. The central light depicts the resurrected Christ with gonfalon over cowering soldiers. with saints and apostles around and below Christ seated in majesty. In the left-hand light three warrior angels fight a two-headed dragon outside a city, above a depiction of the disciples receiving the Holy Sprit at Pentecost. In the left-hand light the lamb of God stands in front of a walled city, with four rivers proceeding from the ground below; beneath, an angel greets the three women at the empty tomb. Roundels above the shorter left and right-hand lights lights depicting a ship with a red cross and the phoenix rising from the flames.
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
Church of St Mary, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire
west wall of the nave
Signed with the firm's mark and dated 1978.
Dedication: 'Donated by Parishioners to mark the centenary of St Mary's Church, Burry Port. 1877-1977.'
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 16-10-2020
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- adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc.
- angels
- Christ enthroned - eg 'Christus Rex', as judge [Revelation 4:2-3]
- Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers
- lamb bearing cross or banner, 'Agnus Dei' - symbol of Christ
- Pentecost: the Holy Ghost descends upon (Mary and) the apostles, sometimes Paul and/or representatives of the nations present [Acts 2:1-4]
- the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]
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References
Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 124.
'Some Recent and Current Work - Wales' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xvi, no. 2 (1978–9), 53.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020.
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