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Butterfly
detail from Memorial Window

  Butterfly    detail from    Memorial Window

Photo © Martin Crampin

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1988

Single-light window. Abstract motifs with hands and, at the top of the window, a butterfly.


firm/studio: Glantawe Studios
artist: Tim Lewis

Church of St Paul, Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff
south wall of the sanctuary (window number: sII)

Signed by Tim Lewis of Glantawe Studios.

Given in memory of May Regan.


The hands appear to hold the bread and a cup, elements of the Eucharist. Above, the butterfly is a symbol of resurrection, in front of what may be the empty tomb, the stone rolled to one side.

 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 25-03-2020

 

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References

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 527.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4791 (accessed 21 November 2024)



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  Butterfly    detail from    Memorial Window

Photo © Martin Crampin



 
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