Peace Be Still

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1984 Three-light window depicting the stilling of the storm. The central light shows Christ standing against stilled waters (note fish). The left and right windows show terrified fishermen (note nets) overturning in turbulent waves (see allusion to boats behind). technique: stained glass artist: John Petts Church of St Mary, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire west wall of nave Inscription: Peace Be Still (Mark 4:39)  (ObjectID=31 ImageID=734) Original File Name=_MG_1556.jpg

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• story of Christ stilling the storm on the Sea of Galilee  [Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25]

Martin O'Kane, 'Biblical Art from Wales: From Text to Image' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. 68–9.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 186.

Alison Smith, 'John Petts: Designer-Craftsman 1914-1991' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xix, no. 2 (1991–3), pp. 222, 226.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales