Adoration of the Magi

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1884 Reredos featuring a painting of the Adoration of the Magi. Gilt decoration including openwork vines and the figure of Christ and angels above the painting. Panels below featuring the instruments of the Passion and the chalice with the host. technique: painting artist: Philip Westlake Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cardiff sanctuary apse Painted scene by Philip Westlake.  (ObjectID=731 ImageID=3224) Original File Name=_MG_3008.jpg

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• adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)  [Matthew 2:11]
• the Eucharist - chalice bearing the Host 

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 265.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales