The Presentation in the Temple

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1919 Two-light window. Simeon holds the infant Christ in the right-hand light, with Mary kneeling in the left-hand light, with Joseph, Anna, and another male figure behind. The windows includes a detailed depiction of the interior of the Temple, using which has arched windows, a figure of Moses with the Ten Commandments, and an image of Daniel in the lions' den. technique: stained glass size: 40 cm (width of each light) firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd Church of St John, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire south wall of the Lady chapel Signed with the mark of the firm. Simeon is speaking the words 'Nunc dimittis servum tuum' (Luke 2:29). The window was given by the parents of Frederick George Truscott, who was killed near Salonika, 23 April 1918.  (ObjectID=4968 ImageID=9610) Original File Name=PembrokeDock_DSC8106A.jpg

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• presentation of the Christ-child in the temple, usually Simeon and Anna present  [Luke 2:22-39]

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 332.

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