Scenes from the Gospels with the Twelve Disciples

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about 1870 Three-light window with scenes of the Nativity, Christ with the Doctors of the Law, and the Wedding of Cana. The rose window above contains roundels of each of the twelve disciples, centred around Mary Magdalene. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Clayton & Bell Church of St Mary the Virgin, Abbey Cwmhir, Powys west wall Similar in style to the windows by the same firm at Dolgellau, which also contain roundels of disciples as well as a range of other biblical characters.  (ObjectID=1671 ImageID=3325) Original File Name=_MG_2678.jpg

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• Christ orders (six) jars to be filled with water - marriage-feast at Cana 
• Christ's dispute with the doctors in the temple  [Luke 2:46-50]
• Mary, Joseph and the new-born Christ (Nativity)  [Luke 2:1-7]
• St Mary Magdalene 
• the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context) 

Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 215.

Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 277.

Photo © Martin Crampin