The Adoration of the Christ-child
detail from The Nativity with the Annunciation and Mourning over the Dead Christ

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1932 Elaborate reredos with three main scenes and further standing figures. Standing figure of Christ with angels above, holding the gonfalon. Further crouching angels on posts hold shields bearing the instruments of the Passion. medium: wood technique: painted artist: William Ellery Anderson Church of the Holy Trinity, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion east wall of the chancel  (ObjectID=2246 ImageID=5630) Original File Name=AberystwythHT_MG_8390.jpg

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• adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present  [Luke 2:16]
• angels 
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]
• the instruments of the Passion and the five wounded limbs 
• the mourning over the dead Christ 
• the risen Christ (with wounds, but without crown of thorns), sometimes holding the cross or a banner 

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 404.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales