Category: Issue 08
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Recently Published
Rheinische Glasmalerei: Meisterwerke der Renaissance vol I Rheinische Glasmalerei: Meisterwerke der Renaissance, by Dagmar Täube. Two superb volumes have been produced to accompany the Cologne exhibition, Rheinische Glasmalerei: Meisterwerke der Renaissance. Together they contain more than 600 illustrations, many full page and in colour. Volume I is devoted to essays and includes contributions by Dagmar…
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Chastity In Marston Bigot
Introduction To coincide with the loan of eighty-six panels of Renaissance stained glass from English collections to the Rheinische Glasmalerei. Meisterwerke der Renaissance exhibition at the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne, Germany, Vidimus went in search of a stained glass painting that did not make the journey – the so-called ‘Chastity’ scene in the east window…
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St Peter from the Great East Window of Gloucester Cathedral
Each issue, Vidimus showcases a different panel from the wealth of Britain’s medieval stained glass. The panels will be chosen with the aim of providing, collectively, a sense of the great range of glass that survives, in terms of date, subject matter and the kinds of settings for which it was made. The selected pieces…
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News
Cologne Exhibition – a Great Success Record numbers of visitors are making the Schnütgen Museum’s Rheinische Glasmalerei: Meisterwerke der Renaissance one of the most successful exhibitions of stained glass ever held (Fig. 1). Six years in the making, it opened on 3 May, and will close on 29 July. In all, 119 panels are on…