The Adoration of the Magi
from Scenes from the Gospels
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales | 1928 and 1952 Four large two-light windows on the north and south walls of the Lady Chapel.technique: stained glass artist: Geoffrey Webb Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff south wall of the Lady Chapel The two south windows were dedicated in 1953, given by the Llandaff Diocesan Mothers' Union, completing a scheme which had been devised by the artist in 1926. The two north windows had been installed around 1928 (although dated 1926 in the British Society of Master Glass Painters list of 1939), and the east window was installed in 1951. Webb also designed the stencil patterning in 1909, which was reinstated in 1988. |
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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]
- presentation of the Christ-child in the temple, usually Simeon and Anna present [Luke 2:22-39]
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 222.
John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 251.
Nevil A. James, The Stained Glass of Llandaff Cathedral (Llandaff: Llandaff Cathedral Shop Committee, 1997), pp. 8-9, 16-18.
ReferencesSome Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1930), p. 102.
A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1939), p. 86.
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Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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