Category: Publication Notices

We alert Vidimus readers to the availability of three new publications on Catalan stained glass: Sílvia Cañellas Martinez, El Vitrall de la Fira del Vidre del Born, concerning a stained glass window of 1943 following a design that had been intended for a tapestry still in existence in the Barcelona City Hall. The book, written…

Vidimus readers are alerted to the availability of a new publication from Four Courts Press, bringing together selected writings of the late Nicola Gordon Bowe (1948–2018): Visualizing the Celtic Revival: The Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland – selected writings by Nicola Gordon Bowe, edited by Róisín Kennedy Available to order online:  www.fourcourtspress.ie

Following David J Critchley’s article in issue 141, covering the side windows of Winchester College Chapel, we wanted to bring the attention of Vidimus readers to the recent booklet published for the college by Dr Sarah Griffin (former assistant curator, Winchester College) and Eleanor Townsend, which is now available online.  The booklet presents the history of the 13th-century…

Two publications by Dr Martin Crampin, both resulting from the Ports Past and Present Project are have appeared this year: Martin Crampin, Stained Glass in Fishguard (Aberystwyth: Sulien, 2023). Fig. 1 Martin Crampin, Stained Glass on Holy Island, Anglesey (Aberystwyth: University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, 2023). Fig. 2. Having been…

Brian Sprakes, The Medieval Stained Glass of West Yorkshire, Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (Great Britain), Summary Catalogue 10 Many churches in West Yorkshire were either enlarged or rebuilt during the nineteenth century, and as a result only twenty-four of the fifty-five churches in the modern county retain medieval stained glass, though a great deal more…

Vidimus has been alerted to a new publication from Logaston Press, Robert Walker’s The Medieval Stained Glass of Herefordshire and Shropshire. The book will be reviewed in the May issue of Vidimus, but in the meantime, readers may take advantage of a discount code when ordering online from the Logaston website, where they can also see…

Les vitraux voyageurs. By Yvette Vanden Bemden. Paperback, ebook and PDF, 117 pp. and 20 colour plates. Académie royale de Belgique (L’Académie en poche series, vol. 144), Brussels, 2021, Paperback 7€, ISBN 978-2-8031-0812-1. Ebook and PDF 3.99€, available at https://academie-editions.be/catalogue/449-les-vitraux-voyageurs.html This small pocket-book is a brief survey of the ways in which stained-glass windows (and…

By Yvette Vanden Bemden and Isabelle Lecocq. Hardback, 624 Pages; approx. 650 colour illustrations. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, estimated publication date: 02 December 2021), £160, ISBN: 9780197267189. The sixteenth-century glazing from Herkenrode Abbey in Belgium constitutes the most significant body of Flemish stained glass in the world. In the early nineteenth century, an English aristocrat…

By Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Max Donnelly, Andrew Montana, Suzanne Veldink. Hardback, 256 pp., 200 colour and b/w illustrations. (London, Paul Mellon Centre, 25th May 2021), £40, ISBN: 9781913107185. This book follows the phenomenal rise of Daniel Cottier (1838–1891) from an apprentice coach painter in Glasgow to the founder of Cottier & Co., a fine and decorative arts business…

Vidimus hopes to provide reviews of these publications in future issues. If you would like to express your interest in reviewing any of the titles listed, or to submit a publication notice or review request, please email editor@vidimus.org. Edited by Sarah Brown, Sarah Rees Jones and Tim Ayers. Paperback, eBook, 264 pp., 118 b/w illustrations,…