The Nativity and the Annunciation
detail from Scenes and Figures from the Bible
1937
Three-light window. The central light includes figures of the resurrected and enthroned Christ, above scenes of the Nativity and Annunciation. The outer lights include the figures of the four evangelists and their emblems, as well as the Old Testament prophets Isaiah, Daniel, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The shield of the Trinity is also included in an upper quatrefoil light. The instruments of the Passion are also included at the sides of the central light, which also carries quotations from the creed.
firm/studio: A. K. Nicholson Stained Glass StudiosChurch of St David, Merthyr Tydfileast wall of the chancel (window number: I)
Given in memory of Walter William Meredith.
The window is dated 1937 in the list of windows by Nicholson published by the British Society of Master Glass Painters in 1939. (ObjectID=4652 ImageID=8793) Original File Name=Merthyr_DSC6977A.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 11-09-2020
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Show more subjectsS. A. Bates, A Guide to the Windows of St David's Parish Church, Merthyr Tydfil (c. 2008).
ReferencesA Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1939), p. 59.
A Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1952), p. 67.
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.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4652 (accessed 21 November 2024)
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