Category: Issue 66
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Norfolk Stained Glass Exhibition
A loan exhibition of beautiful, back-lit, photographic images of Norfolk medieval stained glass will be on display in St Nicholas’s Chapel, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, until the 1 July 2013. Curated by Claire Daunton (University of East Anglia and Trinity Hall Cambridge) and with photographs by Mike Dixon, the exhibition has been lent by the Hungate…
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2013 British Archaeological Association Conference
The 2013 BAA Conference will embrace the royal palace and abbey of Westminster, covering the archaeology, history and art history of this complex of religious and secular structures occupying the Island of Thorney, from their origins to the fire of 1834. A full programme of lectures and visits has been arranged, which will include access…
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International Medieval Congress, Leeds
This year’s International Medieval Congress in Leeds (1–4 July) includes a number of sessions relating to medieval stained glass. Monday 1 July 2013, 16.30–18.00 ‘Medieval Stained Glass in Wales after the Middle Ages: Survival, Loss, and Reinvention’, by Martin Crampin, Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University Wednesday 3 July 2013, 09.00–10.30 ‘Leprosy…
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Stained Glass before 1700 in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The appearance of a new Corpus Vitrearum volume is always a cause for celebration, as these works always involve years of research and dedication. The British CVMA is looking forward to the imminent publication of Tim Ayers’s The Medieval Stained Glass of Merton College, Oxford. A new volume has just been published by the American…
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BSMGP Lecture Programme
The British Society of Master Glass Painters has announced its 2013 programme of seasonal lectures. Spring Lecture – Friday 8 March, 6.15pm for a 6.45pm start Alan Brooks: ‘Francis Spear: A Student of Art and Symbolism’ Discussion day – Wednesday 8 May, 10am – 4pm Challenges in contemporary glass practice and a meeting with English…
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Appeal for Help
A Vidimus reader has appealed for information concerning a panel of stained glass in a private collection. The panel measures approximately 21.5 by 27cm, and is a rendition on glass of a well-known print by Albrecht Dürer of St Eustace and the Stag (c.1510). Click here for the copy of the print in the Victoria…
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Spring Master Class, Bulk Glass, Plain Glazing, Archaeological Glass History, Technology and Conservation, The University of York
The Master Class will commence on Friday 1 March at 5pm with an evening lecture and drinks reception, and will continue with a full day of papers on Saturday 2 March. This event will focus on bulk glass, ‘plain glazing’, ‘white’ glass and archaeological glass, its technology, history and conservation. An international panel of speakers…
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York Glaziers Trust, Training Opportunity
With the support of the York Minster Fund, the York Glaziers Trust, Britain’s oldest and largest specialist stained-glass conservation studio, is seeking to recruit an apprentice conservation glazier. The person appointed to the two-year apprenticeship will join a dedicated team currently engaged upon the conservation of York Minster’s Great East Window, one of the most…
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A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea’s architectural glass tradition
By Maurice Broady (ed. Elspeth Broady and Alun Adams), hardback, 164 pages, including 20 pages of full colour in the centrespread and numerous b&w illustrations, 29.5 x 24 x 1.5cm, West Glamorgan Archive Service, Swansea 2012, £28. This is an attractive and well-designed book that tells the intermeshed stories of Wales’ first stained-glass firm, Celtic…
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In Memory of… Christopher Woodforde
This is the first in an occasional series of articles that will profile pioneering stained-glass scholars in the United Kingdom. The series begins with an assessment of the Revd Dr Christopher Woodforde by our News Editor, Roger Rosewell. Last year was the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Woodforde, the author of numerous books and…