The Medieval Stained Glass of Lancashire (Corpus Vitraearum Medii Aevi: Great Britain) - Hardcover

Hebgin-Barnes, Penny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197264484 ISBN 13: 9780197264485

Publisher: British Academy, 2009

Synopsis

This is a catalogue of the pre-Gothic Revival stained glass found at 57 sites in Lancashire. Many of these are churches, but there are also domestic halls, museums, and schools.

Highlights include important glazing dating from the 14th and 15th centuries at Cartmel Priory; a major window of c.1500 depicting the legend of St Helen at Ashton-under-Lyne; a sixteenth-century Seven Sacraments window at Cartmel Fell; fine imported 15th- and 16th-century continental panels at Chorley; and above all the magnificent but hitherto virtually unknown collection belonging to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.

The introduction discusses many aspects of the stained glass of both Lancashire and the neighboring county of Cheshire: documentary sources, donors and heraldry, condition, iconography, as well as examining the style and techniques used by the glass-painters.

The county's indigenous surviving glass mostly dates from the 16th century and while it is predominantly heraldic, several sites demonstrate the region's strong attachment to traditional Catholicism at the time of the English Reformation. This catalogue will therefore be essential not only for scholars and students of the history of medieval and early modern art, but also those with an interest in the social and religious history of Tudor Lancashire.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Penny Hebgin-Barnes is a member of the British CVMA Committee.

Review

[A] substantial and comprehensively illustrated volume...A mine of information and a pleasure to use. * Lawrence Butler, Northern History. *

Edition details

• Publisher: British Academy
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0197264484
• ISBN 13: 9780197264485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 652