University of Exeter Press

The Great East Window Of Exeter Cathedral

A Glazing History

    • 208 Pages


    Exeter glazing, and particularly the Great East Window, is of major importance. For the first time, this study establishes the correct dating, provenance and authorship of all the Great East Window's figure panels and most of its heraldic glass, and substantially rewrites the general history of the Cathedral's glazing. In the process, important parts of the Exeter glass are identified with the output of a previously unrecognized fifteenth-century studio whose work can be traced in Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire.







    Exeter glazing, and particularly the Great East Window, is of major importance. For the first time, this study establishes the correct dating, provenance and authorship of all the Great East Window's figure panels and most of its heraldic glass, and substantially rewrites the general history of the Cathedral's glazing.




    "the authors and the University of Exeter are to be congratulated on a very valuable edition to the bibliography of English stained glass. Everyone interested in the subject should obtain a copy." (Journal of Stained Glass)



    Acknowledgements

    List of Colour Plates

    List of Black and White Plates

    List of Line Drawings


    Introduction

    Chapter I:  Formal Description

    Chapter II: Documentary History

    Chapter III: Historiography

    Chapter IV: The Figure Glass

    Chapter V: The Heraldic Glass

    Chapter VI: Conclusions

    Appendix 1

    Appendix 2

    Appendix 3

    Bibliography

    Index



    Chris Brooks is Senior Lecturer in Victorian Studies, University of Exeter. He is also national Chair of the Victorian Society and a Trustee of the Albert Memorial.