Virgin and Child
detail from The Annunciation and the Crucifixion
1964
Two-light window. Mary kneels before Gabriel with the dove of the Holy Spirit descending in the left-hand light. In the right-hand light Christ is shown crucified on the cross with three figures, probably John and another male figure standing and figure below holding Christ's feet. Virgin and child are shown in the main upper light, the infant Christ reaching down towards the Crucifixion scene and holding a bird.
firm/studio: Celtic StudiosChurch of St Mary, Aberavon, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbotsouth wall of south aisle
Dedication: 'In loving memory of David and Margaret Lewis E. James and Kate Stephens. Presented by Mr & Mrs L.T. Lewis. Dedicated October 1964'.The grouping (usually of Mary, John and Mary Magdalene) around the crucified Christ is unusual. The Virgin Mary is supplanted (although she is elsewhere in the window) by a bearded male figure, probably that of Joseph of Arimathea or Nicodemus. The figure below is dressed in brown, and in this pose usually depicts Mary Magdalene. (ObjectID=4347 ImageID=8187) Original File Name=Aberafon_DSC6359.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 23-02-2012
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Show more subjectsMaurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea's architectural glass tradition (Swansea: West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2010), pp. 59, 107.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 532.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2012.
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