Winged Beast with the Face of a Man, Symbol of St Matthew the Evangelist
detail from The Symbols of the Four Evangelists and the Adoration of the Lamb

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales larger image

about 1932 Symbols of the Four Evangelists above the altar table with the Adoration of the Lamb below. Greek text. Part of the memorial to the Countess of Maidstone. medium: alabaster technique: carved designer: W. D. Caröe artist: Frederick Brook Hitch patron: Jenkinson St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire Chapel of St Edward the Confessor (south aisle of the retrochoir) The scene showing the adoration of the lamb bears compositional similarities to the panel showing the adoration of the Lamb from the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck.  (ObjectID=527 ImageID=1163) Original File Name=_MG_2057.jpg

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• the four symbols of the evangelists, 'the apocalyptic beasts'  [Revelation 4:6-8]
• the vision of the Lamb and the book with the seven seals  [Revelation 5:9]

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p.408.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales