Category: Issue 127
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In Memoriam: Dr Ulf-Dietrich Korn
We have heard the sad news that our German CVMA colleague Ulf-Dietrich Korn died on 14 May of this year aged 82. Having studied architecture and art history in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Rome and Münster he worked from 1966 to 1968 as an assistant to Hans Wentzel, who had published the first CVMA vol-ume in 1958,…
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Heraldry and Loss at East Sutton church
An article about the fourteenth- to seventeenth-century armorial glass in East Sutton church (Kent), by the genealogist, Marcus Herbert, appears in the 2018 volume of Archaeologia Cantiana, the Journal of the Kent Archaeological Society. East Sutton church (seven miles south-east of Maidstone) dates from the thirteenth to the early six-teenth century. Most of the medieval…
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Stained Glass Museum Annual Lecture
Monday, 16th September 2019, 2.00 pm Ely Cathedral Education & Conference Centre, Palace Green, Ely David Hillman’s Stained Glass windows for Synagogues: A lecture by Prof David Newman OBE Followed by a viewing of the David Hillman ‘Purim’ window from the Old Bayswater Synagogue in The Stained Glass Museum. In this talk Prof. Newman will…
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New Restoration Begins at York Minster
The first of a series of windows have been removed as a major restoration project gets under way at York Minster. The windows, in the south choir clerestory, date to the early years of the fifteenth century – a period of great glazing activity at the Minster – and are now showing their age after…
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A Reader Enquires: Stained Glass at Ipswich Library
Hello, I have an amateur interest in photographing stained glass and often find the Vidimus articles of great interest. But I have a query and wonder if there is anyone who can provide an answer. I recently took some photographs of some of the glass in the Northgate Room in Ipswich Library ( opened September…
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St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury
An appeal has been launched by Friends of St Mary’s church in Shrewsbury after an important renaissance window was damaged during a break-in to the church in the early hours of June 10th. Early estimates suggest that it may cost up to £10,000 to restore the glass. The burglar is thought to have stolen £40…
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ICON Stained Glass Group Conference 2019: Accommodating the Past
On October 4 2019, the SGG Conference will take place in the Chapterhouse at Gloucester Cathedral. The renowned collection of stained glass at the cathedral will provide a wonderful backdrop to this event. Glass is a fragile medium and historic windows are likely to have been restored multiple times prior to any contemporary conservation project.…
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Collecting Through Connections: Glass and Stained Glass Collectors and their Networks in the 19th Century
In 2015 an international conference was held in Portugal prior to the opening of an important exhibition of European stained glass at the National Palace of Pena in Sintra, Portugal. The exhibition included many pieces from the 14th – 17th centuries. This month’s ‘From the Archives’ feature includes a link to a beautifully-illustrated publication which…
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Windows for the world: Nineteenth-century stained glass and the international exhibitions, 1851–1900
Jasmine Allen (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018) Ever since the inception of serious study of nineteenth-century stained glass, there has been some appreciation of the way in which the display and reception of stained glass at international exhibitions has influenced its style and development. These exhibitions have conveniently provided the historian with contemporary comment from newspapers…
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Medieval Splendour for Sale: Great Halls and Small Treasures
This summer presents a number of opportunities for admirers of the arts and architecture of the Middle Ages, in which stained glass takes centre stage, to purchase their own piece of the medieval past. First, two important English medieval manor houses with surviving remnants of their original glazing schemes have been offered for sale (May…