Prophets and Characters from the Old Testament
detail from Te Deum

Photo © Martin Crampin larger image

1879 Five-light window with scenes from the Life of Christ at the centre and fourteen groups of saints and characters from the Bible in the outer lights. The scenes at the centre are (from bottom): the Nativity, the Crucifixion, Christ risen from the grave, and Christ in Majesty seated on a rainbow. In the left-hand light are prophets from the Old Testament, as well as Moses, David and John the Baptist. In the next light are the twelve disciples with child martyrs below. The figures in the right-hand lights are of saints but not all of the figures are identifiable by their attributes. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Clayton & Bell Church of All Saints, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire east wall of the chancel Given in memory of Cecil Mary Phillips.  (ObjectID=4391 ImageID=8928) Original File Name=Llanelli_DSC5341A (1).jpg

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• Crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood  [John 19:25-27]
• Majestas Domini': Christ in mandorla seated on a rainbow or sphere 
• Mary, Joseph and the new-born Christ (Nativity)  [Luke 2:1-7]
• Te Deum Laudamus (Ambrosian Hymn) 
• the risen Christ (with wounds, but without crown of thorns), sometimes holding the cross or a banner 
• the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context) 

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 113.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 278.

Photo © Martin Crampin