Category: Issue 42
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Books
The Production of Stained Glass in the County of Flanders and the Duchy of Brabant from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries: Materials and Techniques The Production of Stained Glass in the County of Flanders and the Duchy of Brabant from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries: Materials and Techniques, by J. M. A. Caen,…
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Features
Stained Glass in Anglo-Saxon England This month’s feature supports the launch of a major campaign by the Wearmouth – Jarrow Partnership to have the remains of two Anglo-Saxon monasteries at Wearmouth and Jarrow declared a World Heritage Site. Apart from playing a major role in the development of Christian culture and learning in the early…
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The Holy Trinity from Ampleforth Abbey, North Yorkshire
Fig. 1. Central light, South window, Crypt. Ampleforth Abbey North Yorkshire. Photo: author.This month’s panel comes from the south window of the crypt of Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire. It is one of the most complete surviving representations of the Holy Trinity within medieval stained glass. However, little has been written on the history of…
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News
Exhibition of Swiss Stained Glass at the Hermitage Collection A stunning exhibition of seventy Swiss stained glass panels from the sixteenth – eighteenth centuries has attracted large crowds at the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg, Russia. It will remain open until 3 October 2010, and can be seen in Rooms 169–173. [Fig. 1]…