Tree of Life

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about 1920-1928 Round window. technique: stained glass size: 60 cm (diameter) [approx] artist: Theodore Baily Church of St David, Caldey Island west gable of the nave The roundel forms the west window of the church, often the "Mary window". Baily has here skilfully formed the monogram M out of the trees and their branches. The star encapsulated in an aureole, and cradled in the upper branches of the central tree represents the Incarnation of the Christ in the womb of Mary.  (ObjectID=572 ImageID=1285) Original File Name=_MG_2570.jpg

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• the tree of life in the Garden of Eden  [Genesis 2:9; Revelation 22:2]
• trees 

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 181.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales