Scenes from the Gospels

about 1865-1870 South side of the chancel: Annunciation and standing figure of St Peter, the Nativity and the Presentation in the Temple; north side standing figure of St Paul and the wedding at Cana. Sanctuary: Peter's commission and Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus with St John at the Last Supper, and the calling of Peter and Andrew. medium: oil technique: painting Church of the Holy Trinity, Pont-ar-gothi, Carmarthenshire chancel Unlike the murals in the main body of the church, these are more richly coloured and appear to have been finished. The murals were conserved by Lloyd Haslam Conservation in 2006–7.  (ObjectID=1669 ImageID=) Original File Name=

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• calling of Peter and Andrew  [John 1:40-42]
• Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, 'Oelberg': Christ's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane during the night  [Matthew 26:37-45; Mark 14:33-41; Luke 22:40-46]
• mission of Peter ('Pasce oves meas')  [John 21:15-17]
• Paul of Tarsus, apostle 
• St Peter, apostle and first bishop of Rome 
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]
• the Last Supper  [Matthew 26:21-35; Mark 14:18-31; Luke 22:15-23; John 13:21-38]
• the marriage-feast at Cana  [John 2:1-11]

Philip Johnes, Interview with Philip Johnes (Pontargothi: 7 March 2007).

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 366-7.

John Morgan-Guy, 'Fiery angels and country parsons' Icon News, vol. 20 (2009), 18-19, 22.