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The Risen Christ

  The Risen Christ

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1989

Standing figure of Christ in a mandorla, at the centre of a five-light window, surrounded by symbols in roundels.


artist: John Petts

Church of St Mary, Brecon, Powys
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)

The window displaced glass of 1856 by Charles Gibbs, described by Richard Haslam as 'bright and mainly decorative.'


 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 07-09-2020

 

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Further reading

Alison Smith, 'Light, Colour and the Bible: The Stained Glass Windows of John Petts (1914-91)' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), p. 233.

References

Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 297.

Alison Smith, 'John Petts: Designer-Craftsman 1914-1991' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xix, no. 2 (1991–3), p. 228.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/686 (accessed 29 March 2024)



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