about 1958-1959 Series of four two-light windows windows along the north and south walls of the chancel with various biblical and historical scenes and characters. North wall: Moses with the Ten Commandments and David playing the harp, with Moses in the bulrushes and Ruth and Naomi below; Zacharias and John the Baptist, with Abraham and Melchizedek and the ascension of Elijah below. Along the south wall (from east): Mary and Martha, with Cennydd and Florence Nightingale below; Peter and Paul, with the calling of Peter and the conversion of Saul below. firm/studio: Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd designer: E. Liddall Armitage Church of St Mary, Swansea chancel A further window in a matching style was added in 1978 on the south side. |
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A Short Guide to the Stained Glass Windows in St. Mary's Parish Church Swansea (Swansea: The Friends of St. Mary's, 2001 (second edition)).
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 581.
Painton Cowen, A Guide to Stained Glass in Britain (London: Michael Joseph, 1985), p. 226.
A Directory of Stained Glass Windows (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1961), p. 82.
A Directory of Stained Glass Windows (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1966), p. 85.
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