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Corpus of Medieval Stained Glass
Stained glass is a major form of medieval art, and provides the most immediately attractive aspect of many monuments. The Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi project is publishing a series of comprehensive, fully illustrated catalogues of medieval window glass. Professor C.M. Kauffmann FBA, the Chairman of the Academy’s CVMA Committee traces …
The St William Window, York Minster
The medieval stained glass of York Minster constitutes the largest single collection in England. The wide range of iconographical content and artistic excellence gives it outstanding importance in the study of the medieval world. The next stage in Tom French’s majestic treatment of York Minster’s glass, covering the vast and …
The survival of stained glass in Sefton, Lancashire
The two most recent catalogues in the British Academy’s series ‘Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi’ (‘Corpus of Medieval Window glass’) cover the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. Their author, Dr Penny Hebgin-Barnes, explains how glazing with traditional religious themes survived the Reformation in north-west England.
The stained glass of Merton College, Oxford (BAR)
The British Academy’s sumptuous two-part catalogue of ‘The Medieval Stained Glass of Merton College, Oxford’ was launched at a reception in the college on 19 April 2013. It is the latest in the British Academy’s Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (Catalogue of Medieval Window Glass) series. The catalogue’s author, Dr Tim …
The Medieval Stained Glass of Wells Cathedral (BAR)
Wells Cathedral contains one of the most substantial collections of medieval stained glass in England. In 2004 the British Academy published, in a handsome two-volume set, the first fully illustrated study of this exceptional glass. It forms the next part of the British contribution to the international Corpus Vitrearum Medii …
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