Crossing the Red Sea

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1956 Eight-light rose window. Moses stands at the top with his arms raised, while the two middle lights at either side show the Israelites passing through the waters, pursued by the Egyptians. Below the west end of the cathedral is depicted, behind the ark, which sits in the waters. technique: stained glass firm/studio: William Morris & Co (Westminster) designer: Frederick W. Cole St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire west end of the south aisle (baptistry) One of a pair of rose windows in the west wall of the cathedral. They are dated 1957 in the Directory of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, published in 1966.  (ObjectID=503 ImageID=1114) Original File Name=_MG_1983.jpg

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• Moses (not in biblical context) 
• story of Noah  [Genesis 6:; Genesis 7:; Genesis 8:]
• the Exodus - passage through the Red Sea  [Exodus 14:16-30]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 262.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 414.

Painton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), p. 223.

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1966), p. 36.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales