The Cathedral Church of Saint David's; a Short History And Description of the Fabric And Episcopal Buildings
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John ; the Magdalene kneels at the foot of the cross. In the side windows are full-lengths of ' Ecclesia ' and ' Synagoga,' the Christian Church and the Jewish. In a predella below the central mosaic is a representation of the brazen serpent, with figures of Moses and Aaron. Below the others are — St. David distributing alms to the poor, and St. David addressing the Synod of Llandewi Brefi. Each of the larger subjects has a rich architectural canopy, and a broad border of very beautiful design ...surrounds the whole. . . . " Immediately under the Crucifixion are the words, ' Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccata mundi ' ; and below again, within an arcade of three arches are the brazen serpent, Moses, and Aaron — one bearing his rod, the other his 'rod that budded.' Under the figure of Ecclesia is St. David, in a grey monastic robe, bestowing alms. Under Synagoga, he is address- ing the Bishops at Brefi. . . He stands in the centre, while the Bishops are seated round, with a white robed Abbot in the foreground." ' The golden ground which backs the mosaics sets off advan- ' King's " Handbook," pp.
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