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Corpus Vitrearum USA

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Window Made Up of Two Medallions and Ornament

Window Made Up of Two Medallions and OrnamentEngland, Canterbury, Christ Church Cathedral, Eastern Transept (4), Clerestory of Trinity Chapel (7)
c. 1180-1200
Pot metal
4: Diameter: 81.0 (31 7/8); 7: Diameter: 83.0 (32 5/8); 1 and 10: 23.0 x 94.0 (9 1/16 x 37)
4. Much of medallion in original leads; all heads replaced, some stopgaps, some modern; 7. Christ and most heads replaced; 1 and 10. Central sections are original glass in original leads, corners modern; 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 modern

Provenance: Henry Austin Jr., Surveyor of Canterbury (1861); Samuel Caldwell Sr.; Samuel Caldwell Jr. (nephew), Glazier to the Cathedral (assembled piece c. 1900); Dr. Philip Nelson (bought I908); John Hunt (inherited 1953)
Bibliography: L ‘Europe Gothique, [exh. cat., Musée du Louvre] (Paris, 1968) no. 202; Madeline H. Caviness, “Canterbury Stained Glass,” Arts in Virginia 13, no. 2 (1973), 1-15; Madeline H. Caviness, The Early Stained Glass of Canterbury Cathedral circa 1175-1202 (Princeton, 1977), 100-118; Madeline H. Caviness, The Windows of Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury [Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevii: Great Britian 11] (London, 1981), 311-312, figs. 586-590.

Collection: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, Virginia)
Object/Accession: 69.1

4. A Disputation; 7. Last Judgment; 1 and 10. A pair of decorative borders
Inscription: on banderole of panel 7: PCIP ITE ö REGNUM ö Q OD ö PAR/ATUM ö AB ö O ö/ M ö/

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Entry From: Checklist II Filed Under: Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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