The Virgin Mary and St Joseph
detail from A Light to Lighten the Gentiles
about 1881
Four-light window. Anna and Simeon (holding the Christ-child) are the main figures shown at the left, with Mary and Joseph on the right. Angels in the tracery lights.
firm/studio: John Hardman & Co.St Woolos Cathedral, Newporteast wall of the south aisle
A well-balanced composition. The figure of Joseph is seen holding a lighted taper, emphasising the words of Simeon (Nunc Dimittis) at the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. (ObjectID=46 ImageID=9825) Original File Name=Newport St Woolos_DSC0121C.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 17-08-2020
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Show more subjectsJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 427.
W. N. Johns, History of the Church of S. Gwynllyw, Newport (W.N. Johns, 1891), p. 117.
User contributed commentsClick 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, 2020. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/46 (accessed 22 February 2025)
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