Figure of Elijah
detail from The Transfiguration

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

1884 A five-light window depicting Christ with Moses, Elijah and three apostles surrounded by musical angels. Above a rainbow, the hand of God points down with angels holding the text 'This is my beloved Son. Hear Him.' technique: stained glass designer: John Pollard Seddon firm/studio: S. Belham & Co. designer: Frederic Shields Church of St Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion east wall of the chancel Designed by J.P. Seddon with the assistance of the painter Frederic James Shields. Painted by H.G. Murray. The window was installed by Roderick Williams, according to a report in the local newspaper, the Cambrian News (May 1884).  (ObjectID=954 ImageID=2512) Original File Name=_MG_4356.jpg

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• the Transfiguration: Moses and Elijah appear on either side of Christ on Mount Tabor  [Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36]

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 496.

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 138.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales