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The Medieval Stained Glass of Merton College, Oxford
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Tim Ayers

The Medieval Stained Glass of Merton College, Oxford

Tim Ayers

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English
Oxford University Press
31 January 2013
History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; Stained glass: artworks
Series: Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Great Britain
This is the first full study of the important medieval stained glass of Merton College, Oxford. The scheme in the chapel is exceptionally well preserved; with the nave of York Minster, it represents the largest surviving set of early fourteenth-century windows in Britain. Research for this volume in the rich college archives has provided a new date for them, and identified the glazier, whose business is considered locally. Outstanding early fifteenth-century panels from the transepts are attributed to the workshop of Thomas Glazier, who had worked for William of Wykeham, Chancellor of England. Seven windows in the Old Library contain the earliest glazing to survive from any English library. The glass will therefore be of interest to many students of English medieval art and architecture. A general introduction also explores the potential of the monument for study within a university context. Merton was a model for the self-governing graduate college of the later middle ages in England. The glass invites consideration of the relationship between art and ideas, in a lost astrological window, for example; and the self-presentation of the scholar and college communities, both to themselves and to the society that supported them. As a result of the central place of the universities in national life, the Merton glass was an inspiration during the Gothic revival to artists and glazing businesses such as the Pre-Raphaelite John Everett Millais, and Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. The medieval glass is catalogued, fully illustrated and supported with restoration diagrams. There are forty colour plates. The post-medieval glass is also catalogued.
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Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 308mm,  Width: 221mm,  Spine: 63mm
ISBN:   9780197265444
ISBN 10:   0197265448
Series:   Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Great Britain
Pages:   780
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Tim Ayers FSA is a Senior Lecturer in the History of Art Department and a member of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. He is the author of The Medieval Stained Glass of Wells Cathedral, 2 vols, (British Academy, 2004), and recently edited the medieval volume in the three-volume History of British Art, 600-1600 (Tate, 2008). He is Vice-President of the International Board of the Corpus Vitrearum.

Reviews for The Medieval Stained Glass of Merton College, Oxford

It is the first volume in the British CMVAs series to present the glazing of such an institution: it is hoped there will be more. Church Times This book is an essential resource for medieval art and architectural historians which suggests the importance of university colleges as institutional patrons. ... The book is a magnum opus of its kind, which sets an extremely high standard for future CVMA publications and will remain the authoritative work on the subject for many years to come. Jasmine Allen, The Art Newspaper


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