The Adoration of the Shepherds

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1894 Four-light window with a single scene of the shepherds adoring the infant Christ with Mary and Joseph to the left. Further angels in the tracery lights. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt Church of St Mary, Bangor, Gwynedd east wall of the chancel The relatively humble dress of the three visiting figures suggests that they are shepherds, although the staffs that they hold are not shepherd's crooks and no sheep are present. However, there is no evidence (gifts, royal dress or camels in the background) to suggest that these are in fact the Magi.  (ObjectID=4675 ImageID=8820) Original File Name=BangorStMary_DSC3067_53A.jpg

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• adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present  [Luke 2:16]

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 245.

Photo © Martin Crampin