Thy Light Break Forth

Photo © Martin Crampin

1986

Two-light window with a swirling pattern emanating from a central bright circle across both lights.

artist: John Petts

Church of All Saints, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
north wall of the north aisle

Signed by the artist.

The text on the window is from Isaiah 58:8.

Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 07-10-2016

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Further reading

Alison Smith, 'Light, Colour and the Bible: The Stained Glass Windows of John Petts (1914-91)' in Martin O'Kane and John Morgan-Guy (eds) Biblical Art from Wales (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), p. 231.

References

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches, (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 286.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan, (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 491.

Alison Smith, 'John Petts: Designer-Craftsman 1914-1991', The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xix, no. 2 (1991–3), pp. 217, 227.

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2016.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4832 (accessed 22 October 2025)

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