The Risen Christ Appearing to St Mary Magdalene
from Scenes from the Life of Christ

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1915 The sanctuary windows comprise five two-light windows. The subjects are the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Magi, the Crucifixion, the three women at the empty tomb, and the risen Christ meeting Mary Magdalene in the garden. In this window, Christ greets Mary Magdalene, who kneels in the right-hand light. An angel is depicted above, and there are roundels of the prophets Daniel and Malachi in roundels below. technique: stained glass size: 46 cm (width of each light) [approx] firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd Christ Church, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire south wall of the sanctuary apse A dedication at the foot of the window reads: 'In honour of the Holy Incarnation, Passion and Glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and in Memory of William Morgan Griffiths of Lime Grove, Carmarthen, who died 30th Nov. 1909, his son Cecil Hubert Morgan Griffiths dedicates these five windows.'  (ObjectID=4944 ImageID=9543) Original File Name=CarmarthenChristChurch_DSC5768-71A.jpg

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• Mary Magdalene meets the Risen Christ; 'Noli me tangere'  [John 20:14-17]

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), pp. 323-4.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 133.

Photo © Martin Crampin