Dove of the Holy Spirit, Darkened Sun and Moon
detail from The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
Uppermost lights of the window.
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1906
Three-light window. The descending dove of the Holy Spirit with the darkened sun and moon are depicted above the scene. A serpent is depicted at the foot of the central light below Mary Magdalene.
artist: J. Silvester SparrowLlandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiffsouth wall of the south aisle
The two figures in the outer lights are close to those at either side of the cross in the artist's ambitous six-light south transept window at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hull. (ObjectID=1880 ImageID=4176) Original File Name=_MG_6968_1.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 25-09-2024
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Show more subjectsNevil A. James, The Stained Glass of Llandaff Cathedral (Llandaff: Llandaff Cathedral Shop Committee, 1997), p. 20.
ReferencesPainton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), p. 224.
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, 2024.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1880 (accessed 22 December 2024)
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