Category: Issue 103
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Rescued : Original Stained Glass Designs & Drawings from the Camm Studio
More than 100 original designs and drawings for stained glass windows commissioned from the early to mid-20th century are going on display – and sale – at the Babylon Gallery in Ely. Discovered in a damp and decaying farm building in Lincolnshire, the collection gives an insight into the work involved in producing a stained…
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The Stained Glass of All Saint’s Church, Stamford: Book and Launch
A new book on the Stained Glass of All Saint’s Church in Stamford will be launched on Tuesday, 1 November 2016 with an event at the church. The book explores the history of the stained glass in the church, and introduces the iconography and patronage of each window. It considers the significance of the church’s…
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University of York Autumn Master Class Lecture
The University of York’s MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management Autumn Master Class lecture will take place on Friday, 11 November 2016, in the Philip Ratz lecture theatre, at the Kings Manor, York. The lecture will be given by Sarah Brown, course director, and is entitled ‘Milner-White and All That: The Restoration of…
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Cambridge Medieval Art Seminar Series: Craft, Process, Technique – Anglo-Saxon Sources of the Theological Windows at Canterbury Cathedral
As part of Cambridge University’s Medieval Art Seminar Series, a lecture will be given by Dr George Younge (University of York) on ‘Anglo-Saxon Sources of the Theological Windows at Canterbury Cathedral.’ The lecture is free and open to the public and will take place on Monday, 7th November 2016, beginning promptly at 5.30pm in Lecture…
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Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery – Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum
The V&A’s recently-opened exhibition showcases the dazzling skill of England’s medieval needle-workers, who, between the 12th and the 15th centuries, enjoyed an international reputation for the quality of their luxury embroideries, often referred to as ‘Opus Anglicanum’ (English work). Made by professional craftspeople in the City of London and rich in their intricacy, their workswere…
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Friends of Shrewsbury Museum Lecture: ‘David Evans of Shrewsbury and the Revival of Gothic Stained Glass’
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 3.30pm – 4.30pm. As part of a series of talks accompanying the exhibition at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery of the work of Margaret Rope, one of the greatest stained-glass artists of the early twentieth century, the Friends of Shrewsbury Museum have invited Martin Crampin (University of Wales Centre for Advanced…
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Burrell Collection Closes for Four-year Makeover
Glasgow’s Burrell Collection has closed its doors and is expected to reopen after a major redevelopment in 2020. Comprising more than 8,000 pieces, the collection, given to Glasgow by Sir William Burrell in 1944, is regarded as one of the greatest ever amassed by a single individual. Highlights from the collection include the stained-glass portrait…
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Lecture: Light, Space and Time: The History of Stained Glass, a personal view by Brian Clarke
Thursday, 3 November 2016, 7pm, Salisbury Cathedral. The so-called ‘rock star’ of stained glass, Clarke is the creator of some of the world’s most prominent stained glass. He works in a variety of media, and his work can be found in architectural settings and private and public collections across the world. Clarke is interested in…
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‘Magnificent and Sumptuous’: the Glazing of Brereton Hall, Cheshire
The following article was originally presented by Dr Penny Hebgin-Barnes of the British CVMA as a poster at the 28th International Colloquium of the Corpus Vitrearum on the theme of ‘Stained glass in the residence, from the origins to the present’, held in Troyes in July 2016. The reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) saw…
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Sydney Pitcher FRPS
Roger Rosewell FSA This is the fifth in our occasional series of articles that profile pioneering scholars of stained glass in the United Kingdom. The series began with an assessment of the Revd Dr Christopher Woodforde, and continued with biographies of Mary Addison Green, Elsie Matley Moore and John Dolbel Le Couteur. This instalment summarizes…