Emblems of the Diocese of St Davids
detail from Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary

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about 1920 Reredos with the Virgin and Child at the centre, flanked by four panels, hinged for closure, with two tall thin panels at each end. The main scenes are, from left to right, the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Pietà, and the risen Christ appearing to Mary. The tall panel on the left depicts a tall ship, with a badge depicting a castle, and the panel of the right depicts the west front of St Davids Cathedral, with a crosier (incorporating the Agnus Dei), a mitre and the shield of St Davids. medium: oak technique: carved designer: John Coates Carter Church of St John, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire east wall of the Lady chapel  (ObjectID=4966 ImageID=9605) Original File Name=PembrokeDock_DSC8080A.jpg

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• Christ, perhaps dressed as a pilgrim, appearing to his mother, who is usually shown praying 
• Madonna: Mary standing (or half-length), Christ-child close to her bosom 
• Pietà, 'Vesperbild', 'Marienklage': Christ, either with or without crown of thorns, mourned by Mary 
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]
• the Visitation  [Luke 1:39-56]

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 342.

Photo © Martin Crampin