Category: Issue 154
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Günther Buchinger and Christina Wais-Wolf, Die mittelalterlichen Glasgemälde in der Steiermark, Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi Austria, vol. VI, parts 1 and 2. Studien Verlag, Innsbruck, 2024. Part 1, 472 pages, part 2, 480 pages. Each volume Euros 128. ISBN: 978-3-7065-6283-6 (part 1), 978-3-7065-6282-9 (part 2).
Reviewed by David King, Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain) These two books, together forming volume six of the Austrian Corpus Vitrearum, are devoted to the medieval stained glass of Styria in Austria, prepared with the collaboration of Elisabeth Oberhaidacher-Herzig and using the preparatory work of Ernst Bacher, Eva Frodl-Kraft and Elisabeth Oberhaidacher-Herzig. Two further volumes are…
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The Stained Glass Museum Achieves National Recognition of Excellence
We are delighted to share with Vidimus readers the news that the Stained Glass Museum in Ely, Cambridgeshire, has been awarded Designated Status by Arts Council England, placing it among a select group of institutions whose collections are recognised as being of national significance. This prestigious accolade celebrates the exceptional range, quality, and importance of the museum’s collection, which spans…
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Cultural assets rescued: An archive of key records for German stained glass production from the 19th and 20th centuries
The Binsfeld Werkstätten für Glasgestaltung, Trier (1882-2025) Anja Ostrowitzki, Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz In June 2025, the stained glass company Binsfeld in Trier, founded in 1882, closed its doors. It was one of the most important stained glass workshops in Germany. While specialising in church windows, it also supplied secular buildings, such as residential buildings, hotels, banks…
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Stained glass in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: An Overview
Michael Burger, Corpus Vitrearum Deutschland The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, located between France, Belgium and Germany (Fig. 1), was not a member of the international the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi / Corpus Vitrearum for a long time. Believing there to be no medieval or early modern stained glass windows there, the country’s admission to the…
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Conference Report: University of Münster Autumn School
Modern Stained Glass – Metadata – AI Maximilian Berkel, University of Münster From 16 to 18 September 2025, the University of Münster’s Arbeitsstelle für Christliche Bildtheorie, theologische Ästhetik und Bilddidaktik (ACHRIBI, the Centre for Christian Image Theory, the Aesthetics of Theology, and Image Didactics) hosted an interdisciplinary conference on modern stained glass and the possibilities…