France, Soissons, Cathedral of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais, clerestory (?); borders originally in Braine, Abbey Church of Saint-Yved (?)
c. 1210-1225 (figures); c. 1200-1210 (borders)
Pot metal glass
A: 390 x 140 (150 x 55) approx.; B: 400 x 160 (156 1/2 x 63) approx.
Many restorations and stopgaps throughout; inscriptions confused
Provenance: Bacri Frères, Paris
Bibliography: Unpublished. Borders of the same design published in Ottin (1896), 26; Philippe Verdier, “A Stained Glass from the Cathedral of Soissons,” The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin 10:1 (November 1958), 4, fig. 1.
Collection: The Glencairn Museum (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania)
Object/Accession: A. 03.SG.233; B. 03.SG.235
A. Saint Paul (?); B. Saint John (?)
Inscriptions: A. Canopy arch: ? PA VS; Phylactery: CR OIOIN; B. Canopy arch: SATCA IEPTISE; Phylactery: [ ]THMA PISVRIESCE
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