Sir Galahad
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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about 1930
Two-light window. The Red Cross knight holding his sword kneels before a decked altar with a crucifix between candles. The setting is seemingly an outdoor one under a thatched canopy, while an angel hovers over him with a chalice.
artist: A. J. DaviesChurch of St Margaret, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taffnorth wall of the nave
Signed A.J. Davies. Fecit Bromsgrove. Worcs.
Given in memory of Colonel M. Morgan (1864-1930) of the Fifth Welsh Regiment (1912-15), who served for forty years as the vicar's warden.The window is among a number by A.J. Davies alluding to the quest for the Holy Grail. (ObjectID=1188 ImageID=2283) Original File Name=_MG_8406.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-05-2020
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Show more subjectsThe Parish of Mountain Ash: An Illustrated Guide (c. 1990 (second edition)), p. 22.
ReferencesMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 197.
John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 452.
Roy Albutt, The Stained Glass Windows of A J Davies of the Bromsgrove Guild Worcestershire (Pershore: 2005), p. 104.
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, 2020.
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