Pulpit with Decorative Panels

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1904 Two decorative panels carved on two sides of a pulpit. One with the arms of St Davids surrounded by vines, and another of a praying figure surrounded by oak leaves and acorns. medium: oak technique: carved size: 48 cm (height of panels) Church of St Mary the Virgin, Herbrandston, Pembrokeshire south wall of the nave Pulpit dates from Whitcombe's 1904 restoration. The vine and grapes refer here to Christ's description of Himself as 'the true vine' and His disciples - hence the church (represented here by the Arms of the See of St Davids) as the branches. The standing figure is the church's patron, the Virgin Mary, surrounded by one of her symbols, the oak (leaves and acorns) - also symbols of fidelity and virtue - her attributes and the calling of the Christian life.  (ObjectID=470 ImageID=692) Original File Name=_MG_0859.jpg

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• upright figures of Mary without the Christ-child 
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Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 227.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales