Dove of the Holy Spirit, Darkened Sun and Moon
detail from The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales Uppermost lights of the window. larger image

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.  (ObjectID=1880 ImageID=4176) Original File Name=_MG_6968_1.jpg

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• crucified Christ with Mary, John, and Mary Magdalene  [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]

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

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

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales