Adoration of the Shepherds

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about 1880 Two-light window. technique: stained glass firm/studio: William Wailes Church of St Mary, Angle, Pembrokeshire north wall Given in memory of John and Elizabeth Mirehouse d.1850 and d.1880. The stated text is Isaiah 9:6, taken as a prophecy of the birth of Jesus (a text popularized by the libretto of Handel's 'Messiah'). The adoration of the shepherds (Luke 2) includes a figure carrying a sheep on his shoulders, probably a reference to Jesus' parable of the lost sheep (Luke 15:6). The composition also includes the star, more appropriately associated with the adoration of the magi (Matthew 2:9-10). On the roof of the stable are two doves, a reference to the offering made by the poor at the Temple at the birth of the firstborn (Luke 2:24) and associated with the presentation of Christ.  (ObjectID=429 ImageID=625) Original File Name=_MG_0951.jpg

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• adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present  [Luke 2:16]

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 123.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales