Category: Issue 143
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Rosemary Rutherford exhibition
An exhibition on the life and work of the mid 20th century stained glass artist Rosemary Rutherford recently opened at St Mary and and Leonard’s parish church, Broomfield near Chelmsford Essex. Rosemary’s father was the vicar at this church which contains several examples of her stained glass windows. A fully illustrated booklet has been produced…
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Victor Rothman (1947 —2023)
It was with sadness that we learned from US colleague Daniella Peltz of the death of Victor Rothman. She echoed the sentiments of many of Vic’s colleagues: ‘I worked with Victor on and off for nearly 30 years and he was as irascible and infuriating as he was clever, wise and supportive and I will…
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Where Vidimus leads, others follow!
In our August 2022 issue, we highlighted the identification by Virginia Raguin and Hadley Arnold of the first known depiction in American public art of Jesus as a black man. The glass, by the studio of Henry E. Sharp, was installed in 1878 in the church of St Mark, Warren, Rhode Island. The story has…
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Publication Notices
Brian Sprakes, The Medieval Stained Glass of West Yorkshire, Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (Great Britain), Summary Catalogue 10 Many churches in West Yorkshire were either enlarged or rebuilt during the nineteenth century, and as a result only twenty-four of the fifty-five churches in the modern county retain medieval stained glass, though a great deal more…
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Envisioning Heaven: The Five Sisters Window at York Minster
Lauren Winch Standing at the heart of York Minster, looking towards the north transept, reveals the first sight our medieval counterparts experienced on entering the south door: luminescent lancets reaching heavenwards, now known as the Five Sisters (nXVI, figs. 1-2). Despite its prominent position, and location in the Minster’s oldest above-ground structure, the window is…