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Ornamental Boss

Ornamental BossEngland, Canterbury Cathedral, Trinity Chapel, ambulatory window s VI, Miracles of St. Thomas Becket, panel 51
13th century, first quarter

Diameter: 28.5 (11 1/4)
Center of boss a 14th-century stopgap

Provenance: Dendy Sadler Collection; Grosvenor Thomas, London, to 1924; Julius H. Haass, Grosse Pointe, Mich.; Lillian Henckel Haass, Grosse Pointe, Mich.
Bibliography: Grosvenor Thomas Stock Book no. I, 78-791 item no. 952; Jane Hayward in Hoffmann (1970), 226-227; Madeline H. Caviness, The Windows of Christ Church Cathedral Canterbury [Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi: Great Britain II] (London, 1981), 205, 315; Barnet (1986), 41. Related material: Bernard Rackham, The Ancient Glass of Canterbury Cathedral (London, 1949), 61, 78, 103, 113; Bernard Rackham, The Stained Glass Windows of Canterbury Cathedral (Canterbury, 1957), 47-68

Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan)
Object/Accession: 58.190, Gift of Lillian Henckel Haass

Entry From: Checklist III Filed Under: Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan

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