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Dove of the Holy Spirit, Darkened Sun and Moon
detail from The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene

  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 Sparrow

Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff
south 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.


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

 

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Further reading

Nevil A. James, The Stained Glass of Llandaff Cathedral (Llandaff: Llandaff Cathedral Shop Committee, 1997), p. 20.

References

Painton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), p. 224.


 

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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/1880 (accessed 28 March 2024)



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  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



 
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