The Adoration of the Magi
from Scenes from the Life of Christ

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1915 The sanctuary windows comprise five two-light windows. The subjects are the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Magi, the Crucifixion, the three women at the empty tomb, and the risen Christ meeting Mary Magdalene in the garden. This window depicts the Magi in the left-hand light, bringing gifts to the infant Christ, who is shown with Mary and Joseph in the right-hand light. An angel is shown above and roundels of the prophets Iaaiah and Micah (Michaeas) are below. technique: stained glass size: 46 cm (width of each light) [approx] firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd Christ Church, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire north wall of the sanctuary apse The Kempe and Tower mark is found in the lower left-hand light.  (ObjectID=4941 ImageID=9534) Original File Name=CarmarthenChristChurch_DSC5754-71A.jpg

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• adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh)  [Matthew 2:11]

Philip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), pp. 323-4.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 133.

Photo © Martin Crampin