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Christ in Majesty with Angels

  Christ in Majesty with Angels

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1904

Three-light window. Robed standing figure of Christ, holding an orb and making a blessing, between the archangels Michael and Gabriel. Further angels above, below and behind the figures in an exceptionally rich composition.


firm/studio: James Powell & Sons
designer: William Aikman

Church of St Mary, Margam, Neath Port Talbot
east wall of the chancel

The window was given by Emily Talbot. The order specified that no inscription should be added to the window. The estimate for the window was for £517, and rose to £550, reflecting the cost of £3 per square foot that paid for the attention of one of the firm's top designers.


 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 21-11-2023

 

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Further reading

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 174-75.

Alun Adams, 'Stained and Painted Glass at Margam' Port Talbot Historian (Transactions of the Port Talbot Historical Society), vol. iv, no. 2 (2000), 31.

References

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 425.

Alun Adams, Interview with Alun Adams (Swansea: 22 October 2007).


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2023.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/618 (accessed 29 March 2024)



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