BristolConference - Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi

Poster Boards
Secular Patronage and Piety in the Later Middle Ages
Prof. [oost Caen, Hogeschool Antwerpen, cv Belgium
'The Calvary Window in the Castle of Caestere in Rumbeke'
This magnificent and exceptionally well preserved window commemorates fan van Langhemeersch,
d.1477, but was modified by the de Thiennes family, later owners of the castle, in the early sixteenth
century. Recent research and conservation is reviewed, including details of glass analyses carried
out by the UniversihJ of Antwerp.
Dr Penny Hebgin-Barnes, CV Great Britain
'Secular Patronage in 16 th and 17 th -century Cheshire'
Cheshire's late medieval glass offers a glimpse of the preoccupations of secular donors, with
emphasis on their station, offspring and piety. The religious context is now almost completely lost,
however. The glazing of two chapels added to one church, two centuries apart, demonstrates how
the Reformation diminished the size and importance of church windows.
Pedro Redol Lourenco da Silva, CV Portugal
'Royal Patronage in Portugal in the Time of King Manuel 1(1495-1521)'
This reign was the most magnificent in the history of Portuguese stained glass, when it became
part of a complex visual and iconographic scheme to consecrate the king as world ruler by divine
destiny. The choice of traditional forms as propaganda instruments in the context of the rising
modern state gave rise to a number of unique works that mirror the conflicts of that time.
Prof. Virginia C. Raguin, College of Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, CV USA
'Mapping Margery Kempe'
An introduction to the website of the same name (www.holycross.edulkempe2.This explores the text
of the Book of Margery Kempe through the art, including stained glass, of the areas where she lived
and travelled, including Kings Lynn, Norwich and York.
Studies in Conservation
Keith Barley, Barley Studio, Dunnington, Yorkshire
'The Conservation of the Stained Glass in Fairford Church, Gloucs.'
A review of recent work on the remarkably complete early 16 th -century glazing of this church,
which the conference will be visiting.
Lisa Pilosi, David Whitehouse
and Mark T. Wypyski, CV USA
A report on the recent analysis of some silver stained Byzantine
glasses.
Patricia C. Pongracz, CV USA
'Excavated Glass from Saint-Jean-des-Vignes,
Soissons'
A report on excavated glass from the site of the Augustinian
Soissons.
abbey of Saint-fean-des- Vignes,
Dr Sebastian Strobl, Cathedral Studios, Canterbury
'The Conservation of the Great East Window, Gloucester Cathedral'
A review of recent work on one of the largest surviving medieval stained glass windows in Britain,
c.1351-67, which the conference will be visiting.
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