Category: Issue 152
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Studi sulla storia della vetrata in ricordo di Caterina Pirina – Corpus Vitrearum Italy conference in Milan, Italy, 23rd October 2025
The Corpus Vitrearum Italy has organised a conference to celebrate and remember the late Professor Caterina Pirina, chairman of the Italian Corpus Vitrearum from 1986 to 2020. This event wants to highlight and reflect on Italian stained glass history and conservation, and give an update on ongoing historical research and studies. The event, organised in…
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News from the Corpus Vitrearum Picture Archive
The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) is delighted that as part of our UKRI iDAH funding agreement we are able to provide a new home for the CVMA Picture Archive. As part of the move ADS has developed a new Advanced Search and a new Map Interface for the Picture Archive, and where possible existing data…
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Introducing Stained Glass by Edward Johnson
Paperback, 80pp, profusely illustrated in colour. Glasgow Museums Publishing for the Burrell Collection, 2025. £10.00. ISBN 978-1-908638-49-6. Available to buy online: https://shop.glasgowlife.org.uk/products/introducing-stained-glass Reviewed by Sarah Brown, University of York Written by curator of Medieval and Renaissance Art Edward Johnson, this new publication is welcome evidence of a reviving curatorial interest in the extraordinary stained glass…
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The Stained Glass of Withcote Chapel
Erica Statham and Dr Penny Hebgin-Barnes1 Withcote Chapel, Leicestershire, was built as the chapel of the adjacent Withcote Hall.2 It now belongs to the Churches Conservation Trust and is open daily. Its glazing is generally considered to be a rare survival of pre-Reformation glass presented in a largely comprehensible scheme. However, there are several problems…