Christ Crucified on a Living Cross
1973
Single-light window with an abstracted figure of Christ crucified on a tree. A dove descends from above.
size: 52 cm (width)artist: John PettsChurch of St David, Betws, Carmarthenshiresouth wall of the nave (window number: sIV)
Signed and dated by the artist.
Dedication: 'In memory of Godfrey Morgan-Morris late of Penylan Ammanford, who planted a living cross on the mountain, and also of Nansi, his sister.'The dedication echoes the imagery of the tree as representing a living cross. (ObjectID=5145 ImageID=9914) Original File Name=Betws_DSC9912.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 29-04-2024
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 286.
ReferencesThomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 121.
Alison Smith, 'John Petts: Designer-Craftsman 1914-1991' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xix, no. 2 (1991–3), p. 225.
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, 2024.
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