The Baptism of Christ
detail from Christ in Majesty with St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist
1955
Three-light window with Christ as king and standing on a rainbow in the central light. To the left is John baptising Jesus, and in the right-hand light an angel stands behind the seated figure of John, with a book on his lap. Below the figure of Christ is a scene of the Nativity. Symbols of John the Baptist (Agnus Dei) and John the Evangelist (eagle) are found in roundels at the top of the outer lights.
firm/studio: Celtic StudiosChurch of St John, Pontyberem, Carmarthenshireeast wall of the chancel (window number: I)
The suggestion of the shoreline and water around the edge of the land on which John is seated probably implies that he is writing the Book of Revelation, rather than his gospel. (ObjectID=5041 ImageID=10031) Original File Name=Pontyberem_DSC0910_52A.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 06-01-2020
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Show more subjectsMaurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea's architectural glass tradition (Swansea: West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2010), p. 113.
Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 368.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020.
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