Melchizedek
detail from Apostles and Characters from the Book of Genesis
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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1869
Three-light window with standing figures of the apostles Peter, James and Paul with Abraham and Isaac, Melchizedek and Noah below. Angels and seraphim above in the tracery lights.
firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.designer: William Morrisdesigner: Edward Coley Burne-Jonesdesigner: Ford Madox BrownChurch of St John the Baptist, Cardiffnorth wall of the north aisle
In common with many early windows by Morris, Marshall Faulkner and Co. several artists were responsible for different figures. In this case, the apostles were designed by William Morris, Abraham and Noah by Ford Madox Brown and Melchizedek by Edward Burne-Jones. (ObjectID=1775 ImageID=3658) Original File Name=_MG_3981.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 20-03-2013
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 120.
John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 190.
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, 2013. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
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