Category: Issue 30
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Books
Charles the Bold: The Splendour of Burgundy Charles the Bold (1433 –1477) The Splendour of Burgundy, Edited by Susan Marti, Till-Holger Borchert and Gabriele Keck, Mercatorfonds, hardback, 384 pages, 440 colour illustrations, English text edition available, € 39. This is a sumptuously illustrated and well translated catalogue of an outstanding exhibition currently showing in Bruges…
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A Will Casts Light: Robert Hunt and the West Window of St Margaret’s Westminster
This month we are delighted to publish fascinating new research by Professor Richard Marks on the late medieval glazing of St Margaret’s, Westminster. Richard is the author of the standard work on Stained Glass in England during the Middle Ages and many other books. He is a member of the CVMA GB National Committee. This…
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Guards of Christ’s Tomb: Three 14th-century Soldiers
Three Soldiers under Christ’s tomb, c.1310-40, panel 1c, window nII, All Saints’ Church, North Street, York. © Jasmine Allen.This month’s panel focuses on a group of three soldiers in a scene of Christ’s Resurrection from the well-known church of All Saints, North Street, York. An astounding fourteen of the church’s sixteen windows contain medieval glass.…
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News
Kerry Ayre We are extremely sad to report the death of our CVMA friend and colleague Kerry Ayre. She was the author of Medieval English Figurative Roundels, CVMA (GB), Summary Catalogue 6, Oxford, 2002. Our deepest sympathies are extended to her family. A full appreciation of Kerry’s contribution to stained glass studies will appear in…