The Annunciation

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1955 A two-light window with Annunciation to Mary, dove of the Holy Spirit descending. The two lower panels depict an angel meeting a saint at a door, and Moses before the burning bush. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd Church of St Mary the Virgin, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire south wall of the chancel The Whitefriars mark is shown in the lower right-hand panel. Given in memory of Mary Thomas (d.1952), a former mayor of Haverfordwest (1940-41) by her children.  (ObjectID=261 ImageID=1937) Original File Name=_MG_2378.jpg

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• Moses, kneeling before the bush and hiding his face, listens to God - calling of Moses  [Exodus 3:2-6]
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 213.

Painton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), p. 222.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales