The Annunciation and the Entombment

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1923 Three-light window. Above, Gabriel (right) greets Mary, a vase of lilies between them and the dove of the Holy Spirit with seraphim above. Below, the body of Christ is laid in the tomb with a group of mourners. Further figures at the top of the window. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd designer: Ernest Penwarden designer: Read Cathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon, Powys east wall of the north transept chapel (Harvard Chapel)  (ObjectID=3965 ImageID=7266) Original File Name=BreconCath_DSC3892_53A.jpg

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• Christ's entombment  [Matthew 27:59-61; Mark 15:46-47; Luke 23:53-56; John 19:39-42]
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]

Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 290.

Photo © Martin Crampin