Scenes from the Birth of Christ

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1954 Single-light window, four panels: the Annunciation, the Annunciation to the Shepherds, The Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi. technique: stained glass size: 61 cm (width) artist: Trena Cox Church of Emmanuel, Buckley, Flintshire south wall Texts with each panel: 'Blessed art thou among women'; 'Glory to God in the highest'; 'Unto us a Child is born'. Dedication: 'To the Glory of God. In memory of Ephraim Hopwood Jones [d.1946]. Given by his wife.'  (ObjectID=199 ImageID=193) Original File Name=_MG_1291.jpg

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• adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)  [Matthew 2:11]
• Mary, Joseph and the new-born Christ (Nativity)  [Luke 2:1-7]
• The annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air  [Luke 2:8-14]
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]

Malcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 8.

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1966), p. 28.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales