Goleuni y Byd (The Light of the World)

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1922 Large decorated window with a panel in the centre depicting William Holman Hunt's image 'The Light of the World'. technique: stained glass artist (after): William Holman Hunt firm/studio: Abbott & Co. Ltd Heol Awst, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire beside the pulpit The window is a memorial to the founder of the chapel and 'apostle of Carmarthenshire', the Revd Stephen Hughes (1622-88) put in place on the 300th anniversary of his birth. Hughes was a native of Carmarthen town and was minister of Meidrym under the Commonwealth, from which living he was ejected at the Restoration. He is most notable for his work of publishing accessible and cheap religious works in the Welsh language. The window forms a pair with the War Memorial. A reproduction of William Holman Hunt's painting hangs in the vestibule.  (ObjectID=909 ImageID=1699) Original File Name=_MG_4876.jpg

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• 'I am the light of the world' - sayings of Christ  [John 8:12; John 9:5]
• 'I stand at the door and knock': image derived from William Holman Hunt's 'The Light of the World'  [Revelation 3:20]

David Jasper, 'Pre-Raphaelite Biblical Art in Wales' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), p. 153.

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 212.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 136.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales