Angel
detail from The Creation

Photo © Martin Crampin Upper quatrefoil. larger image

1896 Three-light window. God the Father is depicted enthroned with angels, with scenes below including miners. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery Church of St John the Baptist, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil (liturgical) south wall of the nave The window has been moved and is in storage for safety (2011). However, the upper quatrefoil, with an angel and the first line of the Lord's Prayer, remain in situ. Described by John Newman in The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan as 'a major work' by the firm.  (ObjectID=4106 ImageID=7664) Original File Name=Dowlais_DSC7067A.jpg

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• God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe 
• the six days of creation  [Genesis 1:3-25]

Huw Williams, A History of the Church in the Parish of Dowlais (1977), p. 19.

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 158.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 447.

Photo © Martin Crampin