Prophets and Evangelists
detail from Scenes and Figures from the Bible

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

1937 Three-light window. The central light includes figures of the resurrected and enthroned Christ, above scenes of the Nativity and Annunciation. The outer lights include the figures of the four evangelists and their emblems, as well as the Old Testament prophets Isaiah, Daniel, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The shield of the Trinity is also included in an upper quatrefoil light. The instruments of the Passion are also included at the sides of the central light, which also carries quotations from the creed. technique: stained glass firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass Studios Church of St David, Merthyr Tydfil east wall of the chancel Given in memory of Walter William Meredith. The window is dated 1937 in the list of windows by Nicholson published by the British Society of Master Glass Painters in 1939.  (ObjectID=4652 ImageID=8795) Original File Name=Merthyr_DSC6980A.jpg

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• 'Majestas Domini': Christ in mandorla seated on a rainbow or sphere 
• Daniel (not in biblical context) 
• Ezekiel (not in biblical context) 
• Mary, Joseph and the new-born Christ (Nativity)  [Luke 2:1-7]
• Standing figure of the Risen Christ in Glory, sometimes with mandorla, perhaps with arms raised or outstretched. 
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]
• the four evangelists together (author portraits) 
• the four symbols of the evangelists, 'the apocalyptic beasts'  [Revelation 4:6-8]
• the prophet Isaiah (not in biblical context) 
• the prophet Jeremiah (not in biblical context) 

S. A. Bates, A Guide to the Windows of St David's Parish Church, Merthyr Tydfil (c. 2008).

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1939), p. 59.

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1952), p. 67.

Photo © Martin Crampin