Your Work of Faith and Labour of Love

 Your Work of Faith and Labour of Love

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

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1988
Two-light window with texts and symbols in reds and blues. Roundels show an anchor and the chi-rho symbol of Christ, with the dove of the Holy Spirit descending. Lower panels show symbols of learning, letters and numbers.

technique: stained glass

artist: John Petts

Church of St Katharine and St Peter, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire
north wall of the north aisle

The text is from 1 Thessalonians 1:3.

Dedication: 'In loving memory of William Henry Jenkins (1900-1987) Headmaster of North Road Boys School'.





 

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References

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 290.

Alison Smith, 'John Petts: Designer-Craftsman 1914-1991' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xix, no. 2 (1991–3), p. 226.




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 Your Work of Faith and Labour of Love

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales


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