Scenes from the New Testament

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1909 Set of three two-light windows. From left: the risen Christ with an angel and two soldiers cowering and sleeping below, angel in the roundel above with the text 'I am the resurrection and the life' (John 11:25); Paul preaching in Athens, with an angel above holding a shield with a coat of arms; Christ as the Good Shepherd, with two figures, perhaps Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, the Agnus Dei on the book with the seven seals from Revelation in the roundel above. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Mayer & Co. Church of St Thomas, Neath, Neath Port Talbot south wall of the nave Signed by the firm. Given in memory of Pendrill Charles of Plasnewydd (died 1901) (recorded on the left-hand window) and Alexander Cuthbertson (died 1864) by his son Howel (recorded on the right-hand window).  (ObjectID=2120 ImageID=5204) Original File Name=Neath_DSC4006.jpg

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• angels 
• Christ as Good Shepherd  [John 10:1-18]
• Christ talking with Nicodemus at night  [John 3:1-21]
• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 
• Paul in Athens: on the Areopagus he discusses with philosophers (in front of the temple of Mars)  [Acts 17:22-33]
• St Joseph of Arimathaea, Jewish councillor 

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 456.

© University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, photo Martin Crampin