Christ in Majesty with Virtues
Photo © Martin Crampin
1950
Three lights with Christ standing in the centre light, with an orb and the dove of the Holy Spirit descending; Agnes with a lamb and martyrs palm below. The side lights depict the allegorical figures of Sacrifice, Reward, Righteousness and Peace, with servicemen and labourers below.
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: Howard Martin
Church of St Agnes, Aberavon, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
east wall of the chancel
An early work by the Swansea firm and signed with the firm's Celtic cross mark. The window was designed in 1949 and the faculty was dated August 1949.
Text below the figure of Christ: 'As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you continue ye in my love' (John 15:9).
Three lights with Christ standing in the centre light, with an orb and the dove of the Holy Spirit descending; Agnes with a lamb and martyrs palm below. The side lights depict the allegorical figures of Sacrifice, Reward, Righteousness and Peace, with servicemen and labourers below.
firm/studio: Celtic Studios
designer: Howard Martin
Church of St Agnes, Aberavon, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
east wall of the chancel
An early work by the Swansea firm and signed with the firm's Celtic cross mark. The window was designed in 1949 and the faculty was dated August 1949.
Text below the figure of Christ: 'As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you continue ye in my love' (John 15:9).
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 26-08-2020
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- 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet
- St Agnes of Rome, virgin martyr
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Further reading
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, 40-41, 50.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 533.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020.
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