Category Archives: Issue 90
Recording of Glass in Hertfordshire Gathers Pace
Hazel Gardiner reports Although one of the smallest counties in England, and not rich in medieval stained glass, Hertfordshire does hold some significant and interesting examples in its parish churches. Although many Hertfordshire monuments are still to be recorded for … Continue reading
The Ancestors at Canterbury Cathedral
As reported in Vidimus 88, twenty-one mostly life-sized figures from the Great South Window of Canterbury Cathedral will be on show inside the cathedral from 18 May until 25 August 2015. The exhibition of the stained glass will be accompanied … Continue reading
Meet the York Ancestors
This summer the immense task of returning John Thornton’s stained-glass Apocalypse cycle (together with the donor and other figures in row 1) to the Great East Window of York Minster will begin. Ninety panels of stained glass, meticulously conserved by … Continue reading
Forthcoming Lecture by Professor Ian Freestone: ‘Yesterday’s Progress, Today’s Problem: Medieval Stained Glass and its Deterioration’
On 7 May 2015, Ian Freestone, Professor of Archaeological Materials and Technology at UCL, will present a lecture entitled ‘Yesterday’s Progress, Today’s Problem: Medieval Stained Glass and its Deterioration’ for UCL’s Institute for Sustainable Heritage. The lecture will take place … Continue reading
Events at the Stained Glass Museum
Stained Glass in Essex Churches – Tour Tuesday 30 June 2015, 9.30am – 6.00pm Clavering, Little Easton, Great Dunmow, Saffron Walden and Newport This group of relatively unknown churches includes 15th-century stained glass at Clavering (restored by Lowndes and Drury … Continue reading
Spring Lecture at the Stained Glass Centre
The Stained Glass Centre at St Martin cum Gregory, Micklegate, York will be holding a Spring Lecture on Thursday 14 May at 7.30pm. The lecture, given by Susan Harrison of English Heritage, is entitled ‘Stained Glass by Henry Gyles from … Continue reading
Conference at Wells Cathedral
To mark the completion of the conservation of the Jesse Window, and as part of a Celebration Weekend on 16 and 17 May, Wells Cathedral is hosting a specialist conference. The Conference will be held on 16 May, and speakers … Continue reading
The Kapel: A Very Modern Stained-Glass ‘Chapel’
In 2011, a collaboration of Geert De Groote Architecten and Katrien Mestdagh of Atelier Mestdagh resulted in the design and execution of a fully demountable stained-glass chapel, simply called de Kapel (‘the Chapel’). The project was selected to participate in … Continue reading
