The Adoration of the Shepherds and the Magi

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1868 Two-light window with two separate scenes of the shepherds adoring the new-born Christ and the Magi bringing gifts to the Virgin and Child. technique: stained glass size: 45 cm (width of each light) firm/studio: Michael and Arthur O'Connor Church of St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn, Powys north wall of the chancel Signed 'O'Connor London 1868'. Dedication: 'To the glory of God and in pious memory of William Lutener of Dolerw in this parish also of his son Thomas. They died in the year of our redemption 1868.' Many scenes of the adoration of the shepherds and the Magi conflate the two events as a single image. Here two subjects are depicted as separate scenes, but both set under a canopy suggestive of a stable, with the suggestion of mountains beyond.  (ObjectID=4535 ImageID=8515) Original File Name=Llanllwchaiarn_DSC7918A.jpg

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• adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present  [Luke 2:16]
• adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)  [Matthew 2:11]

H. N. Oliver, Llanllwchaiarn Church and Parish (2001), p. 64.

Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 178.

Photo © Martin Crampin