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The Adoration of the Shepherds and the Magi

  The Adoration of the Shepherds and the Magi

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1936

Three-light window with magi and shepherds at either side of the Holy Family in the central light. Angels above in the outer lights and in the upper roundel, holding the text 'Unto us a Child is born.'


artist: Christopher Charles Powell

Church of St Clement, Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot
south wall of the south transept

Text below: 'O Come let us adore Him: that God in all things might be glorified through Jesus Christ.' The second part of this text comes from 1 Peter 4:11, while the first part is from the popular Christmas carol, 'O Come All Ye Faithful.'


 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 19-10-2016

 

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References

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1939), p. 65.

A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1952), p. 72.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2016.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4843 (accessed 29 March 2024)



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  The Adoration of the Shepherds and the Magi

Photo © Martin Crampin



 
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