Category Archives: Issue 87
Completion of Conservation at Lichfield Cathedral
Alison Gilchrist reports The team at Barley Studio has completed its four-year project to conserve the sixteenth-century stained glass of Lichfield Cathedral’s Lady Chapel, part of a larger £3.7 million restoration project [Fig. 1]. Seven of the windows were originally … Continue reading
University of York Spring Master-class: New Voices in Stained-Glass Conservation
The University of York MA in Stained-Glass Conservation and Heritage Management Spring Master-class will be held this year on Saturday 28 February 2015 and is entitled ‘New Voices in Stained Glass Conservation’. Over the past ten years, the face of … Continue reading
Events at the Stained Glass Museum and Student Bursary
London Science and Stained-Glass Tour with Caroline Swash Wednesday 25 February 2015, 11am – 4pm A visit to see modern stained-glass windows inspired by science at the Royal College Medical Library, Whitechapel (Johannes Schreiter), and the Royal Society of Chemistry, … Continue reading
BSMGP Spring Lecture
The BSMGP spring lecture will be given by Léonie Seliger ACR and is entitled ‘Into the 21st Century: Canterbury Cathedral’s Post-Victorian Stained Glass’. Canterbury is not renowned for its later glass, and a large part of the building’s nineteenth-century stained … Continue reading
Glass-painting Classes at the Architectural Glass Centre, Swansea
The Architectural Glass Centre, the commercial arm of the Swansea School of Architectural Glass, is continuing its programme of glass-painting workshops/masterclasses with Jonathan Cooke in 2015. The workshop is suitable both for beginners and those with previous experience of glass-painting. … Continue reading
The Lacock Cup
We reported in Vidimus 76 that the British Museum had acquired the Lacock Cup, a breathtakingly rare masterwork by an unknown silversmith. The cup, which is simple in design and similar to one depicted in the east window of the … Continue reading
Northumberland Bestiary Now Available On Line
The Northumberland Bestiary, a book of drawings and texts of real and imaginary animals, can now be seen in digital form. The thirteenth-century book is among 10,000 works of art made available in high-resolution images without fees and restrictions by … Continue reading
Robin Lunn
We are sad to report the death of stained-glass historian and lecturer, Robin Lunn, who passed away earlier this month aged 78, after suffering Motor Neurone Disease with valour and dignity. A much respected headmaster and educator in the south-west, … Continue reading
