Category: Issue 59
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Gothic Windows for Sale in Paris
Two mid-thirteenth-century panels said to have come from the former Dominican church of St Bartholomew in Strasbourg will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s in Paris on 20 April. The panels show the Kiss of Judas and the Crucifixion. Both panels have estimates of EUR 50,000–70,000 ($67,000–93,000). [Figs 1 and 2] The appearance of the…
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Lincoln Cathedral Stained Glass – Special Offer for Vidimus Readers
A new book on the stained glass of Lincoln Cathedral will be published in the autumn, and Vidimus readers can receive a third off the retail price if they pre-subscribe. The contributors include CVMA author Professor Nigel Morgan, who will describe the medieval glass; Dr Jim Cheshire, who writes on the Victorian glazing; and conservation…
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Keith New (1926–2012)
Almost fifty years after the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral was consecrated by the Queen, the death has been announced of one of the stained-glass artists whose contribution to its rebirth remains one of the highlights of any visit. Keith New (Hon FRCA, BSMGP) was born in London and studied graphic design at the Royal College of…
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The Art of Collaboration: Stained-Glass Conservation in the Twenty-First Century
Mary B. Shepard, Lisa Pilosi, and Sebastian Strobl (eds), Corpus Vitrearum, United States of America, Occasional Papers II, Harvey Miller Publishers, London/Turnhout, 2010 (EUR 80), available here. This anthology, with full-colour illustrations, publishes papers presented at the Forum for the Conservation of Stained Glass held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in June…
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Sarah Brown Lecture
Sarah Brown, chairman of the CVMA (GB), will be speaking at the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass on 16 April, when the subject of her lecture will be the stained glass of León Cathedral. For further information, visit the Worshipful Company’s website.
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The Tyttenhanger Sundial
GEOFFREY LANE The Civil War and Commonwealth (1642–1660) were not the best of times for English glass-painting. Much surviving medieval glass was smashed by Parliamentary troops, and by fanatical iconoclasts such as the Parliamentary Visitor William Dowsing in East Anglia, and Richard Culmer in Kent. In London, Sir Robert Harley headed a committee of inquiry…