Angels Greet the Three Women at the Empty Tomb
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. The three women at the empty tomb encounter two angels, one seated and one standing. A further angel is depicted above, and there are roundels of King David and the prophet Hosea (Osee) below. technique: stained glass size: 46 cm (width of each light) [approx] firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd Christ Church, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire south wall of the sanctuary apse One of the angels is saying 'He is not here, He is risen' (Matthew 28:6).  (ObjectID=4943 ImageID=9539) Original File Name=CarmarthenChristChurch_DSC5762-71A.jpg

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• the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ  [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]

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