Set of Windows with Eucharistic Symbols

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1967 Set of eight cruciform windows with symbols including the Eucharistic Elements, dove of the Holy Spirit, Hand of God, Cross with a crown of thorns, a star, Agnus Dei. technique: stained glass size: 50 cm (width) [approx] artist: John Petts Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Gorseinon, Swansea south east wall, Blessed Sacrament Chapel These windows were the first of the four sets of windows made for the church by the artist, installed at the time that the church was built.  (ObjectID=1051 ImageID=1789) Original File Name=_MG_4459.jpg

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• cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet) 
• cross as symbol of Christ 
• crown of thorns - instruments of the Passion 
• hand, 'Dextera Dei' ~ symbol of God the Father 
• Holy Ghost represented as a dove 
• lamb bearing cross or banner, 'Agnus Dei' - symbol of Christ 
• stars 
• the Eucharist - chalice bearing the Host 
• the Eucharist - the fourth of the seven sacraments 
• vine 

Alison Smith, 'John Petts: Designer-Craftsman 1914-1991' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xix, no. 2 (1991–3), pp. 217–18, 227.

Alison Smith, 'Light, Colour and the Bible: The Stained Glass Windows of John Petts (1914-91)' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. 229-30.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 363.

Directory of Master Glass Painters (London: Oriel Press (The British Society of Master Glass-Painters), 1972), p. 78.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales