Category Archives: Issue 78
Major Grant for Visitor Centre at One of Britainʼs Most Important Stained-Glass Collections
The Heritage Lottery Fund has given £94,000 towards the building of a visitor centre and café at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Shrewsbury (Shropshire), home to one of Britainʼs most important collections of English and Continental medieval … Continue reading
Fund-Raising Concert for Winchester Cathedral Medieval Glass
A concert by the Band and Bugles of the Rifles Regiment will take place at Winchester Cathedral on 26 April as part of a final push to raise £800,000 for the preservation of medieval glass of ʻexceptional significanceʼ in the … Continue reading
ʻAs you are, so was Iʼ: Medieval Memorials from East Anglia
An exhibition on medieval memorials is now on at St Peter Hungate Church, Princess Street, Norwich. The commemoration of the dead was a vital matter in medieval East Anglia. The affluent invested considerable sums in elaborate memorials, to proclaim their … Continue reading
Spring Exhibition and Lecture at the Stained Glass Museum, Ely
Exhibition The Spring Exhibition at the Stained Glass Museum, Ely, is entitled ʻLeonard Walker: A Glass Worldʼ. The temporary exhibition, which runs from 17 March to 30 June 2014, features several stained-glass designs by Walker (1877–1964) alongside photographs of the … Continue reading
On the Record: Learning from Churches and their Contents
The Cambridgeshire Historic Churches spring conference is entitled ʻOn the Record: Learning from Churches and their Contentsʼ, and will examine the records taken in the past and compare them with records still being compiled in churches today. The conference will … Continue reading
Vitrocentre Romont websites now in English!
Readers will be pleased to know that the Vitrocentre Romont have updated their online presence and their websites can now be viewed in English. They are online at www.vitromusee.ch, www.vitrocentre.ch and www.vitrofestival.ch; access them for glass news, research, publications and … Continue reading
Republication of The Chemical Technology of Glass (1913)
The Chemical Technology of Glass (1913) is an important book that critically discusses the state of glass science and technology almost exactly a century ago. The book was written by Eberhard Zschimmer (1873–1940), one of the first appropriately qualified applied … Continue reading
The Icon Ceramics and Glass Group Conference
Booking is now open for the Icon Ceramics and Glass Group conference ʻTape and Spillage: Interventive Treatments in a Preventive Climateʼ. The conference will be held at the Kingʼs Manor, York, on 16–17 May 2014. A variety of visits has … Continue reading
