Lectures/Trips
Friday 9 March 2012: Keith Barley, FMGP, will be speaking about Lichfield Cathedral’s magnificent sixteenth-century windows, formerly at the Cistercian abbey of Herkenrode, near Hasselt (Liège), in modern Belgium, at a special BSMGP lecture in London. For further details, including bookings for the lecture, visit the website of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, or email Helen Robinson at oriel [dot] glass [at] btinternet [dot] com.
Conferences
2 & 3 March 2012: Spring Master Class: New Reseach in Stained Glass Technique and Conservation. A seminar sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Glaziers, to be held in early March at the historic King’s Manor campus in the centre of York, will showcase recent research in stained glass technique and conservation.
The application form is available here, and further details are available from Brittany Scowcroft (brittany [dot] scowcroft [at] york [dot] ac [dot] uk, 01904 433910, or +441904 433910 if you’re calling from outside the UK).
For more information see Vidimus News.
23 & 24 March 2012: Gothic Ivory Sculpture Conference. A two-day conference entitled ‘Gothic Ivory Sculpture: old questions, new directions’ will be held in London on 23–24 March. For further information see Vidimus News.
11 – 13 May 2012: Seventeenth-century painted Glass in Oxford. A weekend course on this subject will be held at Rewley House, Wellington Square, Oxford. See Vidimus News for more details. Further information, including details of fees and the programme, can be found on the website of the Department for Continuing Education.
Current Exhibitions
Rolling Exhibition: New displays at ‘Four Ancestors of Christ’, rolling exhibition, Canterbury Cathedral. See the News page of Vidimus 48 for more information. The figures currently on show are Phalec, Ragau, Jonan and Joseph. From mid- January 2012 these will be replaced by Thara & Abraham, Jose & Er. From May 2012 the exhibition will feature Joanna & Juda, Salman & Booz.
Until 26 February 2012: Splendour and Glory of the Middle Ages in Cologne. Magnificent stained glass windows are among 160 outstanding works of art on display in a spectacular new exhibition at the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne. Unfortunately, GLANZ UND GRÖSSE DES MITTELALTERS will only run until February 26 so time is short to catch what has rightly been called a once in a lifetime chance to see these exhibits in a single place at a single time. For More information visit the website.
Until 13 May 2012: Gothic Grandeur: Manuscript Illumination, 1200–1350 at the Getty Museum. The exhibition draws on the Museum’s own collections to show a variety of illustrated books ranging from scholastic university treatises to romances. Part I of the exhibition will last until February 26 when the pages of the displayed books will be turned to reveal a second tranche of treasures.
An illustrated checklist of the exhibits is available on-line here.
Until 9 April 2012: ‘Sketches of Beauty’ Exhibition of Gouda Cartoons.
A new exhibition about the sixteenth- and seventeenth century cartoons for the famous stained glass windows of the Sint-Janskerk in Gouda (Netherlands) has opened at the city museum. For further information about the exhibition visit the website and for information about the windows visit this website.
Until 2013: Vitraux de la Renaissance à Chartres at the Centre International du Vitrail, Chartres. For more details, visit the Centre International du Vitrail website.
Forthcoming Exhibitions and Events
Between Friday 11 May and Sunday 13 May 2012: An important weekend course on seventeenth-century century painted glass in Oxford will be held in the city in May next year. Further information, including details of fees and the programme, can be found here.
