Apostles
detail from Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and Archangels

  Apostles    detail from    Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and Archangels

Photo © Martin Crampin

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1960
Five-light window with five scenes below standing figures of the twelve apostles and four archangels: the Adoration of the Magi; Christ with the doctors of the law in the temple; standing figure of the resurrected Christ with banner and the dove of the Holy Spirit descending; Christ on the cross between Mary and John, Mary Magdalene below and two soldiers behind; angel at the empty tomb addressing the three women.

technique: stained glass

firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: Howard Martin

Church of St Mary, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire
west wall of the nave

Signed with the mark of the firm.




 

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Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and ArchangelsApostles: Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and ArchangelsArchangels and Apostles: Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and ArchangelsThe Adoration of the Magi and Christ Among the Doctors: Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and ArchangelsThe Risen Christ: Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and ArchangelsThe Crucifixion and the Angel Greeting the Three Women at the Empty Tomb: Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and Archangels

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Further reading

Maurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea's architectural glass tradition (Swansea: West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2010), pp. 53–5, 110.

Maurice Broady, 'Stained Glass Design in Wales' Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, vol. 6 (new series) (2000), 157.

References

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 215.




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  Apostles    detail from    Scenes from the Life of Christ with Apostles and Archangels

Photo © Martin Crampin


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