Full Description
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 took advantage of the secularization of the monasteries on the Continent to purchase the abbey church's glazing; glass from the abbess's private chapel was acquired by another English aristocrat.
This account of the glazing, the result of a unique and fruitful collaboration between the Corpus Vitrearum in Great Britain and Belgium, has sections on the three locations in England where the glass is now located - Lichfield, Shrewsbury, and Ashtead - prefaced by a historical introduction on Herkenrode Abbey. It benefits from extensive research into artistic practice in the Low Countries (for art-historical context), draws on the rich documentation in the Lichfield Cathedral archives (for the glass's reception in England), and presents the insights gained during recent conservation of the glass at Lichfield Cathedral (for the glazing's execution and condition).
Contents
PRELIMINARIES
National Committee of the Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain)
National Committee of the Corpus Vitrearum (Belgium)
Foreword
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Ground Plan of Lichfield Cathedral
Window Plan
Glossary
Note to the Reader
Abbreviations
Key to the Restoration Diagrams
Bibliography
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The Former Abbey of Herkenrode and its Stained Glass
The Former Abbey of Herkenrode
The AbBey Church and Its Decoration
The Herkenrode Glazing: Material History and the Original Scheme
The Glazing of the Abbess's Private Chapel
Glazing at Other Locations in the Abbey
Glazing from the Abbey Conserved in Belgium
I. LICHFIELD (STAFFORDSHIRE): LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL
History of Lichfield Cathedral from its Origins until the Civil War
The Anglo-Saxon Cathedral
The Romanesque Cathedral
The Gothic Cathedral
The Civil War
The Herkenrode Glass at Lichfield: Context, Acquisition, Installation, and Restoration
Introduction
The 'Lady Choir'
Francis Eginton's East Window
The Herkenrode Offer
Principal Figures Involved in the Planning
Evolution of the Plan
The Crucifixion Panels
The Herkenrode Glazing and the Lady Chapel
The Herkenrode Glazing Outside the Lady Chapel
The Burlison and Grylls Restoration in the Lady Chapel
The Camm and Winfield Restoration in the Lady Chapel
Restoration of Herkenrode Glass Outside the Lady Chapel
Other Late Nineteenth-Century Work
Camm's Wartime Restoration
The Herkenrode Glass at Lichfield: Conserving the Lady Chapel Glazing
The Herkenrode Glazing
The Need for Conservation and Protection
Conserving the Glazing
The Herkenrode Glass at Lichfield: Historical and Art-Historical Analysis
Scholarly Interest in the Herkenrode Windows at Lichfield Cathedral in the Nineteenth Century
Locations of the Herkenrode Glazing at Lichfield
Condition and Authenticity
Marks, Glaziers' Marks, and Inscriptions
Iconography
Technique
Dating
Style
Attribution
CATALOGUE
Windows in the Lady Chapel
Window I
Window nII
Window nIII
Window nIV
Window sII
Window sIII
Window Siv
Windows Outside the Lady Chapel
Window nVI
Window sVI
Window sXII
Window sXIII
Window sXV
Garland Panel
II. SHREWSBURY (SHROPSHIRE): CHURCH OF ST MARY
Architectural and Glazing Overview of the Church
The Herkenrode Glass at Shrewsbury
Catalogue: Part of St John from the Crucifixion Window at Herkenrode Abbey Church
III. ASHTEAD (SURREY): CHURCH OF ST GILES
Architectural and Glazing Overview of the Church
The Herkenrode Glass at Ashtead
Catalogue: The Crucifixion with St George, St Anne with the Virgin as a Child, and St Bernard
APPENDICES
Appendix 1. Description of the Medieval Glass in Lichfield Cathedral by Thomas Harwood
Appendix 2. Documents in the Aartsbisschoppelijk Archief (Mechelen, Belgium) Relating to Lambert Spulberch at Herkenrode
Appendix 3. Documents in the Rijksarchief (Maastricht, The Netherlands) Relating to Pierre Libotton's Removal of the Herkenrode Abbey Church Glazing
Appendix 4. Documents in the Lichfield Cathedral Archive Relating to the Herkenrode Glazing and Its Context
Appendix 5. Genealogy of those Members of the de Lexhy Family Represented in the Herkenrode Glazing
Appendix 6. Locations at Lichfield Cathedral of Donors' Arms
Appendix 7. Cold-Painting Applied by Barley Studio to the Herkenrode Glazing in the Lady Chapel at Lichfield Cathedral
Appendix 8. Glass Erroneously Attributed to Herkenrode
INDEX
