The Annunciation to the Shepherds with David and Isaiah

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1906 Four-light window. A richly-robed Gabriel addresses three shepherds in the fields in the two central lights. The standing figures of David and Isaiah in the outer lights both hold open books, and David, dressed as king, is also shown with a harp. Angels with heraldry are depicted in the tracery lights. technique: stained glass firm/studio: C.E. Kempe Church of St Mary and Nicholas, Beaumaris, Anglesey east wall of the north aisle  (ObjectID=3825 ImageID=6724) Original File Name=Biwmares_DSC8950.jpg

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• angels 
• David (not in biblical context); possible attributes: crown, harp 
• 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]

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 106.

Photo © Martin Crampin