Faith, Hope and Charity
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales | 1927 Standing woman (Charity) holds a flaming heart while in front two kneeling women hold a cross (Faith) and an anchor (Hope).technique: stained glass size: 40 cm (width) [approx] : possibly mn Church of St Mary, Tenby, Pembrokeshire south west corner of the south aisle Given in memory of John and Charlotte Bancroft, both of whom died in 1922. The window could be the work of Ballantine of Edinburgh. During the commissioning of the window there was disquiet that the flaming heart held by the central figure could have been confused with the Catholic image of the Sacred Heart. |
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tenby (Aberystwyth: Sulien, 2014), p. 19.
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass Museum Study Weekend 2017 (2017).
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Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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