Zacharias and St John the Baptist
detail from Figures from the Old and New Testaments

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales larger image

about 1958-1959 Series of four two-light windows windows along the north and south walls of the chancel with various biblical and historical scenes and characters. North wall: Moses with the Ten Commandments and David playing the harp, with Moses in the bulrushes and Ruth and Naomi below; Zacharias and John the Baptist, with Abraham and Melchizedek and the ascension of Elijah below. Along the south wall (from east): Mary and Martha, with Cenydd and Florence Nightingale below; Peter and Paul, with the calling of Peter and the conversion of Saul below. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd designer: E. Liddall Armitage Church of St Mary, Swansea chancel A further window in a matching style was added in 1978 on the south side.  (ObjectID=1600 ImageID=3762) Original File Name=_MG_4496.jpg

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• calling of Peter and Andrew; they are called away from their fishing-boat   [Matthew 4:18-20; Mark 1:16-18]
• David as musician, usually playing the harp 
• Florence Nightingale 
• John the Baptist 
• Moses (not in biblical context) 
• Moses is exposed in the ark on the banks of the Nile; Miriam, Moses' sister, keeps watch  [Exodus 2:3-4]
• on the way to Damascus Christ appears to Saul, who falls from his horse and is blinded by the light - the conversion of Paul  [Acts 9:3-7]
• St Cennydd 
• the apostle Paul of Tarsus 
• the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome 
• the ascension of Elijah: a chariot, horses of fire and a whirlwind appear and Elijah is carried up into heaven; Elijah's cloak falls (or he hands it over to Elisha)  [2 Kings 2:1-18]
• the meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, the high priest and king of Salem, who brings bread and wine  [Genesis 14:18-20]
• the patroness of housewives, Martha of Bethany; possible attributes: aspergillum, broom, bunch of keys, dragon, ladle 
• the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene 
• Zacharias, father of John the Baptist 

A Short Guide to the Stained Glass Windows in St. Mary's Parish Church Swansea (Swansea: The Friends of St. Mary's, 2001 (second edition)).

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 581.

Painton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), p. 226.

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1961), p. 82.

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1966), p. 85.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales