Pelican in Her Piety
detail from Sanctuary Windows

  Pelican in Her Piety    detail from    Sanctuary Windows

© University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, photo Martin Crampin

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1970
Series of panels arranged as a long horizontal strip. Symbols include the alpha and omega, and the sun and the moon (outer panels); the pelican in her piety and the phoenix rising from the flames; a cross, orb, crown and IHS symbol; descending dove of the Holy Spirit and the hand of God.

technique: stained glass
size: 535 cm (width)
firm/studio: Celtic Studios

Church of the Holy Spirit, Prestatyn, Flintshire
sanctuary

Signed with Celtic Studios' mark and dated 1970.

Given by various donors.





 

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Sanctuary WindowsSanctuary WindowsAlpha and Sun: Sanctuary WindowsMonogram of Christ with Crown, Orb and Cross: Sanctuary WindowsDove of the Holy Spirit and the Hand of God: Sanctuary WindowsPhoenix Rising from the Flames: Sanctuary WindowsMoon and Omega: Sanctuary Windows

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References

Malcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 6.




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  Pelican in Her Piety    detail from    Sanctuary Windows

© University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, photo Martin Crampin


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