Sir Galahad

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales Detail of the of left-hand light. larger image

about 1930 Two-light window. The Red Cross knight holding his sword kneels before a decked altar with a crucifix between candles. The setting is seemingly an outdoor one under a thatched canopy, while an angel hovers over him with a chalice. technique: stained glass artist: A. J. Davies Church of St Margaret, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff north wall of the nave Signed A.J. Davies. Fecit Bromsgrove. Worcs. Given in memory of Colonel M. Morgan (1864-1930) of the Fifth Welsh Regiment (1912-15), who served for forty years as the vicar's warden. The window is among a number by A.J. Davies alluding to the quest for the Holy Grail.  (ObjectID=1188 ImageID=2289) Original File Name=_MG_8421.jpg

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• angels 
• Galahad's vision of the grail 
• The Good Soldier of Christ or Christian Warrior, often denoted by the Red Cross, with the Armour of God.  [Ephesians 6:10-17]

The Parish of Mountain Ash: An Illustrated Guide (c. 1990 (second edition)), p. 22.

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 197.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 452.

Roy Albutt, The Stained Glass Windows of A J Davies of the Bromsgrove Guild Worcestershire (Pershore: 2005), p. 104.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales