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The Tree of Life

  The Tree of Life

Photo © Martin Crampin

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1987

Three-light window with a colourful abstract decorative rendering of a tree and fruits with circles of light and colour behind.


artist: John Petts

Church of St Peter, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
south wall of the south aisle (window number: sVIII)

Signed and dated by the artist.

Text behind the lower part of the tree: 'The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life' (Proverbs 11:30).

Given in memory of Dr Anne Nest Mary Crane (1917–82).



 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 25-09-2024

 

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Further reading

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass at the Church of St Peter, Carmarthen (Aberystwyth: Sulien Books, 2018), pp. 26–7.

References

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 130.

Alison Smith, 'John Petts: Designer-Craftsman 1914-1991' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xix, no. 2 (1991–3), p. 225.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2024.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4893 (accessed 7 December 2024)



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  The Tree of Life

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