Category: Issue 148
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Corpus Vitrearum International:
‘Ways of Seeing and Strategies of Visualization’, XXXI International Colloquium of the Corpus Vitrearum and ‘Technology, Conservation and Restoration of Stained Glass’, XII International Forum on the Conservation and Technology of Historic Stained Glass. The 31st Colloquium and the 12th Forum were held at Erfurt and Naumburg cathedrals 15-19 July 2024 (Fig. 1). The…
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ICON Stained Glass Group Annual Conference and AGM – 26th October 2024
The ICON Stained Glass Group will be holding its conference and AGM at the University of Chester, in the Wheeler Building, on 26th October 2024. This year’s theme ‘Beyond the Whall’ will investigate the work of Christopher Whall’s pupils and later 20th-Century stained glass artists, exploring the innovations, pitfalls and solutions to problematic conservation issues relating…
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Visualizing the Celtic Revival: The Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland – selected writings by Nicola Gordon Bowe
Vidimus readers are alerted to the availability of a new publication from Four Courts Press, bringing together selected writings of the late Nicola Gordon Bowe (1948–2018): Visualizing the Celtic Revival: The Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland – selected writings by Nicola Gordon Bowe, edited by Róisín Kennedy Available to order online: www.fourcourtspress.ie
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Stories in Glass: A Guide to Medieval Stained Glass in Norfolk. Text by David King, photographs by Paul Harley. Hardback, 162pp, 224 full-colour illustrations. (Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press, 2024), £25.00. ISBN 9780718897277
Reviewed by Gemma Lees, University of York David King, the foremost expert on the medieval stained glass of Norfolk, has synthesised his life’s work into a succinct guide that has equal appeal as an introduction for newcomers and as a general reference book for those more familiar with stained glass. The guide explores the…
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The Strange Journey of Three Thirteenth-Century Medallions of Stained Glass from Paris to the Musée des Métiers d’art du Québec (MUMAQ)
Professor Claire Labrecque, University of Winnipeg and Corpus Vitrearum Canada In March 2023 I discovered in Montreal three 13th-century French stained-glass medallions previously unknown to stained glass scholarship. Research carried out since then has permitted an initial assessment of their history and their original appearance. While this note cannot answer all…