St Mary Magdalene
detail from The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene

  St Mary Magdalene    detail from    The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

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1906
Three-light window. The descending dove of the Holy Spirit with the darkened sun and moon are depicted above the scene. A serpent is depicted at the foot of the central light below Mary Magdalene.

technique: stained glass

artist: J. Silvester Sparrow

Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff
south wall of the south aisle

The two figures in the outer lights are close to those at either side of the cross in the artist's ambitous six-light south transept window at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hull.




 

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The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary MagdaleneThe Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary MagdaleneVirgin Mary: The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary MagdaleneCrucified Christ: The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary MagdaleneSt John: The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary MagdaleneDove of the Holy Spirit, Darkened Sun and Moon: The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene

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Further reading

Nevil A. James, The Stained Glass of Llandaff Cathedral (Llandaff: Llandaff Cathedral Shop Committee, 1997), p. 20.

References

Painton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), p. 224.




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  St Mary Magdalene    detail from    The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales


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