of the three embroidered "windows", the central panel depicts geoffrey of monmouth, modelled on father james coutts who instigated the refurbishment of monmouth priory. he wears the black habit of the benedictines. king arthur with his queen guinevere, is being crowned at caerleon by dubricius (modelled on the most reverend dr. rowan williams, archbishop of canterbury and former bishop of monmouth). here the river usk echoes the river theme of kempe’s 19th century stained glass window. the monnow and the usk link up with the river wye in the third panel. in this scene king vortigern listens to the young merlin telling him the legend of the red and white dragons. vortigern, initially a lord of gwent, was, according to legend, eventually killed at ganarew above the wye valley.