Trinity Chapel Windows and Dorsal Painting

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

1965 Two single-light windows either side of an abstract dorsal painting. technique: stained glass, painting designer: John Piper artist: Patrick Reyntiens Church of St Mary, Swansea Chapel of the Holy Trinity The artist was first approached for a design in April 1963, after Hubert Thomas at Celtic Studios had been asked for designs. Having decided to award the commission to Piper, the church had to wait until May 1964 before he sent more detailed designs, the delay causing some disquiet. The windows were finished by April 1965 and subsequently delivered (and presumably installed) by the Cardiff firm Bristow Wadley.  (ObjectID=1493 ImageID=3110) Original File Name=_MG_1051A.jpg

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• the Holy Trinity depicted in abstract terms 
• the six days of creation  [Genesis 1:3-25]

Andrew Vessey, Interview with Andrew Vessey (Swansea: 2 May 2007).

June Osborne, John Piper and Stained Glass (Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1997), p. 78.

Martin Crampin and John Morgan-Guy, Imaging the Bible in Wales (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), Art and Faith: Ministry with Art.

A Short Guide to the Stained Glass Windows in St. Mary's Parish Church Swansea (Swansea: The Friends of St. Mary's, 2001 (second edition)).

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 581.

Painton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), p. 226.

Directory of Master Glass Painters (London: Oriel Press (The British Society of Master Glass-Painters), 1972), p. 87.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales