Category: Issue 111
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Fears about the Burrell
Fears have been raised about how the Burrell Collection’s outstanding collection of medieval stained glass will be displayed after a planned redesign of the famous Glasgow-based museum (fig.1). The museum has been closed to the public since 2016 for a major refurbishment and will remain so until 2020. Architects responsible for the original building, which…
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Hailes Abbey Revealed: New Museum at Cotswold Beauty Spot Reveals Monastery’s Hidden Stories
English Heritage’s new museum telling the dramatic story of the Cotswold abbey that was once one of England’s most important pilgrim destinations will open to the public on 30 June. Hailes Abbey, near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, was founded by Earl Richard of Cornwall, son of King John and brother of Henry III, in the 1240s.…
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St Nicholas Remembered
Up to ten thousand people attended a special service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow on Sunday, May 21st to celebrate the arrival, on a two-month loan, of a four-inch piece of rib bone said to have belonged to St Nicholas of Myra (sometimes Bari), Russia’s most venerated saint. The relic will…
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Most Wanted
A research student asks if readers have seen similar designs elsewhere to the fourteenth-century tracery light glass at the parish church of St Mary, at Cogges, Oxfordshire, shown below. According to the CVMA author, Peter Newton, the design is both original and extremely striking and he knew of no parallels in Oxfordshire. The bold leaf…
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Illuminating Women in the Medieval World
A new exhibition focusing on medieval women as depicted in medieval manuscripts has opened at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, USA. Although inevitably slanted towards religious imagery, the exhibition includes a variety of depictions of medieval women ranging from damsels in distress to biblical heroines, incorruptible virgin saints to the adulterous Bathsheba. While such…
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North Lands Creative Glass : ‘Taking a Leap: Concept, Conservation and Innovation in Architectural Glass’
Sunday, 16th July 2017 This one-day event explores the potential of stained glass as an important and exciting medium for creative practice, whether in the context of the preservation of historic windows or in the creation of cutting-edge contemporary art. A programme of lectures, discussions, networking and gallery tours will consider the creation and conservation…
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Society for Church Archaeology 2017 Conference : ‘The Articulation of Light and Space in Churches’
Friday, 15th – Sunday, 17th September 2017, Worcester Based in the Old Palace at Worcester Cathedral, the conference will focus on the relationship between light, space, liturgy and devotion in churches, from the early-medieval period until the Victorian era. The event will bring together a range of lectures, revealing new methods and interpretations about ecclesiastical…
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Stained Glass Tours at Wells Cathedral
Saturday, 5th August 2017, 10.00-11.30 Wells Cathedral houses a spectacular and one of the most substantial collections of Medieval stained glass in England. As part of its series of special interest tours, focusing on various aspects of the church’s art and architecture, over each of the coming months Wells is offering one of three different…
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Harlaxton 2017
The 2017 Harlaxton Medieval Symposium will take place between 17–20 July at Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 1AG. The conference will hear a variety of papers from both leading and younger scholars around the theme of: Church and City in the Middle Ages. Convened by David Harry and Christian Steer FSA, the papers will honour…
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Churches and Chapels of the South Downs National Park
David Parsons and Robin Milner-Gulland, soft back, 138pp, 208 colour illustrations + 2 maps, Sussex Archaeological Society, 2017, £9.50 + postage, available from https://sussexpast.co.uk/south-downs-book-series. This is a delightful book by two leading members of the Sussex Archaeological Society. The South Downs is not only one of the most attractive landscapes in England, its valleys and…