Christ with St James and St Margaret
Photo © Martin Crampin
1952
Three-light window with standing figures and scenes below the two saints. Christ is shown crowned, making a blessing and holding a sceptre, standing on a rainbow. Below him is the Agnus Dei, upon the book with the seven seals. James is shown dressed as a pilgrim, and below him a scene with Josias, prior to their martyrdom, with James' words to Josias "Peace be to thee". Margaret is shown subduing a lively red dragon, and below is shown standing before the Governor of Antioch, professing "I am not afraid of thy death". Badges of the armed forces below, with further symbols above including the dove of the Holy Spirit.
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: Howard Martin
glass painter: Hubert Thomas
glass painter: Bryan Tobias Evans
Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot
east wall of the chancel
Signed and dated with the firm's mark, also detailing that the window was designed by H. Martin, and painted by Hubert P. Thomas and B.T. Evans.
The window was commissioned as a war memorial, although the idea developed into a planned scheme of windows, all designed and made by Celtic Studios between 1951 and 1966.
Three-light window with standing figures and scenes below the two saints. Christ is shown crowned, making a blessing and holding a sceptre, standing on a rainbow. Below him is the Agnus Dei, upon the book with the seven seals. James is shown dressed as a pilgrim, and below him a scene with Josias, prior to their martyrdom, with James' words to Josias "Peace be to thee". Margaret is shown subduing a lively red dragon, and below is shown standing before the Governor of Antioch, professing "I am not afraid of thy death". Badges of the armed forces below, with further symbols above including the dove of the Holy Spirit.
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: Howard Martin
glass painter: Hubert Thomas
glass painter: Bryan Tobias Evans
Church of St Margaret, Crynant, Neath Port Talbot
east wall of the chancel
Signed and dated with the firm's mark, also detailing that the window was designed by H. Martin, and painted by Hubert P. Thomas and B.T. Evans.
The window was commissioned as a war memorial, although the idea developed into a planned scheme of windows, all designed and made by Celtic Studios between 1951 and 1966.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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- 'Majestas Domini': Christ in mandorla standing on a rainbow or sphere
- James the Great, apostle
- on the way to his execution James converts Josias, a constable - life and acts of James the Great (the Elder)
- St Margaret of Antioch, virgin martyr
- the vision of the Lamb and the book with the seven seals [Revelation 5:9]
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Further reading
John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 335.
Maurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea's architectural glass tradition (Swansea: West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2010), pp. 34-5, 43-4, 109.
Maurice Broady, 'The Secret of the Dulais Valley. Stained Glass Windows in St Margaret's, Crynant' Morgannwg, vol. XXXVII (1993), 83-99.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
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