The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

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1918 Two-light window. Mary kneels in the left-hand light, with Joseph, who holds the two doves, and Anna. Simeon holds the Christ-child in the right-hand light, his arm raised. A scroll and lamp are shown at the right-hand side, and a landscape with a medieval town with hills is depicted behind. An angel is shown above in the upper cinquefoil. technique: stained glass firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd Church of St Michael, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire west wall of the north aisle Bears the tower and wheatsheaf mark of the firm. Given in memory of John James (died 1908) and his son Leslie John Haydn (died 1917) by Annie James, wife and mother.  (ObjectID=2422 ImageID=6134) Original File Name=_MG_4145.jpg

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• presentation of the Christ-child in the temple, usually Simeon and Anna present  [Luke 2:22-39]

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 335.

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 332.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales