Category Archives: Issue 83
Frank Martin (1961–2014)
It is with great sadness that we must report the death of Prof. Dr. Frank Martin, formerly head of the German CVMA (Potsdam). Our first feature this month is an appreciation from CVMA colleagues in Germany that details the wide … Continue reading
Lost Tours Cathedral Window Appears … and Disappears
Vidimus can report the tantalising glimpse, in a recent Sotheby’s catalogue, of a rare and important thirteenth-century window from Tours Cathedral. It appeared suddenly after a century of being thought lost, but was then withdrawn, at the owner’s request, from … Continue reading
Preprints Volume of the 27th International Colloquium of the Corpus Vitrearum, ‘Word and Image’, now available
Copies of the preprints volume for the 27th International Colloquium of the Corpus Vitrearum, ‘Word and Image’, held in York, 7–11 July 2014, are now available to purchase. This beautifully produced book, which features large colour illustrations, contains abstracts of … Continue reading
Star Turn at Fairford
An audio guide voiced by actors including Alan Rickman, Joanna Lumley and Bill Nighy has been produced for visitors to the world-famous church of St Mary at Fairford (Gloucestershire), home to the most complete set of late medieval painted windows … Continue reading
Stained Glass Museum Conservation Blog
After a successful fundraising campaign, The Stained Glass Museum in Ely purchased four stained-glass panels by Geoffrey Clark RA in January 2014. These panels date from 1949 and c.1965 and require minor conservation before they go on display at the … Continue reading
Stained Glass Centre Autumn Lecture
The Stained Glass Centre’s Autumn Lecture will be given by Helen Whittaker, Creative Director of Barley Studios, and is entitled ‘Old Craft, New Art: An Artistic Journey’. Helen Whittaker has created many new stained-glass windows as well as conserving historic … Continue reading
Keith New Celebrated in Cambridge
Keith New was one of a small number of British artists who made major contributions to stained glass in the decades immediately following the Second World War. He is best known as one of the three-man Royal College of Art … Continue reading
