Set of Windows with Eucharistic Symbols
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1967
Set of eight cruciform windows with symbols including the Eucharistic Elements, dove of the Holy Spirit, Hand of God, Cross with a crown of thorns, a star, Agnus Dei.
size: 50 cm (width) [approx]artist: John PettsChurch of the Blessed Sacrament, Gorseinon, Swanseasouth east wall, Blessed Sacrament Chapel
These windows were the first of the four sets of windows made for the church by the artist, installed at the time that the church was built. (ObjectID=1051 ImageID=1789) Original File Name=_MG_4459.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 01-03-2013
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- cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet)
- cross as symbol of Christ
- crown of thorns - instruments of the Passion
- hand, 'Dextera Dei' ~ symbol of God the Father
- Holy Ghost represented as a dove
- lamb bearing cross or banner, 'Agnus Dei' - symbol of Christ
- stars
- the Eucharist - chalice bearing the Host
- the Eucharist - the fourth of the seven sacraments
- vine
Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to John PettsFurther readingAlison Smith, 'John Petts: Designer-Craftsman 1914-1991' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xix, no. 2 (1991–3), pp. 217–18, 227.
Alison Smith, 'Light, Colour and the Bible: The Stained Glass Windows of John Petts (1914-91)' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. 229-30.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 363.
Directory of Master Glass Painters (London: Oriel Press (The British Society of Master Glass-Painters), 1972), p. 78.
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.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1051 (accessed 23 November 2024)
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