The Resurrection

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1980 Two-light window window with two scenes. In the left-hand light the risen Christ stands with the gonfalon, three soldiers sleeping below. The angel of the resurrection is shown in the right-hand light, greeting the three women. The roundel above depicts a phoenix rising from flames. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Celtic Studios designer: Hubert Thomas Church of St Michael, Llandre, Ceredigion north wall of the nave Signed and dated 1980 by the firm. Probably installed in 1981. Given in memory of Captain David Rees (1892-1964) and Annie Raw Rees (1896-1979) by their children.  (ObjectID=4386 ImageID=8219) Original File Name=Llandre_DSC0778A.jpg

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• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 
• the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ  [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]

Maurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea's architectural glass tradition (Swansea: West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2010), p. 111.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 503.

Photo © Martin Crampin