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The stained glass of Herkenrode Abbey

The surviving glazing from Herkenrode Abbey in modern-day Belgium constitutes the most significant body of Flemish stained glass in the world. Much of it was executed, in the 1530s, for the abbey church, and some of the rest was made for the abbess's private chapel. An Englishman, Sir Brooke Bo...

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Main Authors: Lecocq, Isabelle (Author, VerfasserIn)
Vanden Bemden, Yvette (VerfasserIn)
Other Authors: Barley, Keith (Contributor, MitwirkendeR)
Gilchrist, Alison (Contributor, MitwirkendeR)
Groll, Marie (Contributor, MitwirkendeR)
Hebgin-Barnes, Penny (Contributor, MitwirkendeR)
McNeill, John (Contributor, MitwirkendeR)
Spooner, Joseph (Contributor, MitwirkendeR)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press , 2021
Edition:First edition
Series:Corpus vitrearum Medii Aevi - Great Britain volume 7
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Author Notes:by Isabelle Lecocq and Yvette Vannden Bemden ; with Keith Barley, Alison Gilchrist, Marie Groll, Penny Hebgin-Barnes, John McNeill, Joseph Spooner
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Summary:The surviving glazing from Herkenrode Abbey in modern-day Belgium constitutes the most significant body of Flemish stained glass in the world. Much of it was executed, in the 1530s, for the abbey church, and some of the rest was made for the abbess's private chapel. An Englishman, Sir Brooke Boothby, took advantage of the secularization of the monasteries to purchase the abbey churhc glazing, in 1802, and it now adorns windows in Lichfield Cathedral and the church of St Mary (Shrewsbury); the glazing from the abbess's private chapel came to England via a different route and now stands over the main altar in the church of St Giles (Ashtead). Recent conservation has afforded the opportunity to study the glass in Lichfield Cathedral in depth, and the ensemle is presented here fully for the first time. A general historical introduction on Herkenrode Abbey prefaces sections on the three locations in England where the glass is now found. The account draws on extensive research into artistic practice in the Low Countries to outline the glazing's art-historical context, and on the rich documentation in the Lichfield Cathedral archives to trace a detailed history of the glazing's reception in England
Physical Description:cvii, 509 Seiten Illustrationen 30,5 cm
ISBN:9780197267189