Christ in Majesty with Angels

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1904 Three-light window. Robed standing figure of Christ, holding an orb and making a blessing, between the archangels Michael and Gabriel. Further angels above, below and behind the figures in an exceptionally rich composition. technique: stained glass firm/studio: James Powell & Sons designer: William Aikman Church of St Mary, Margam, Neath Port Talbot east wall of the chancel The window was given by Emily Talbot. The order specified that no inscription should be added to the window. The estimate for the window was for £517, and rose to £550, reflecting the cost of £3 per square foot that paid for the attention of one of the firm's top designers.  (ObjectID=618 ImageID=1909) Original File Name=_MG_6297.jpg

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• 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet 
• angels 
• the angel with the golden censer - Revelation 6-11  [Revelation 8:3]
• the Archangel Gabriel 
• the Archangel Michael 
• the mighty angel with the little open book in his hands: he is wrapped in a cloud; his legs are pillars of fire, which stand one on land and one in the sea - Apocalypse  [Revelation 10:1-2]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 174-75.

Alun Adams, 'Stained and Painted Glass at Margam' Port Talbot Historian (Transactions of the Port Talbot Historical Society), vol. iv, no. 2 (2000), 31.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 425.

Alun Adams, Interview with Alun Adams (Swansea: 22 October 2007).

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales