Medieval History
As well as the glorious vestment fragments posted previously, Buckland in Gloucestershire has a number of panels of medieval stained glass. The east window has three panels from a Seven Sacrament window of the late fifteenth century, including this panel of Ordination and one of Confirmation (see below)
On stylistic grounds, Professor Richard Marks has concluded that these panels are the product of a workshop headed by Richard Twygge and Thomas Wodshawe. Their workshop was probably in Great Malvern and was operating from the 1470s right through until the early years of the sixteenth century. Wodshawe and Twygge were responsible for glass in many high status buildings across the Midlands. They were involved in the glazing of Great Malvern priory and are mentioned in the glazing accounts of Tattershall College in Lincolnshire. At the latter they were responsible for windows depicting the Works of Mercy and a second depicting the Seven Sacraments.
If you place Gordon Plumb's image of Confirmation from the surviving glass at Tattershall beside the Buckland panel it clearly demonstrates the stylistic similarities between the glass there and at Buckland. Although I feel that the Tattershall panel is a much more sophisticated piece.
Further Reading
R. C. Marks, The Stained Glass of the Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity, Tattershall (Lincs.) (New York and London, 1984)
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Medieval History
Wodshawe and Twygge
As well as the glorious vestment fragments posted previously, Buckland in Gloucestershire has a number of panels of medieval stained glass. The east window has three panels from a Seven Sacrament window of the late fifteenth century, including this panel of Ordination and one of Confirmation (see below)
On stylistic grounds, Professor Richard Marks has concluded that these panels are the product of a workshop headed by Richard Twygge and Thomas Wodshawe. Their workshop was probably in Great Malvern and was operating from the 1470s right through until the early years of the sixteenth century. Wodshawe and Twygge were responsible for glass in many high status buildings across the Midlands. They were involved in the glazing of Great Malvern priory and are mentioned in the glazing accounts of Tattershall College in Lincolnshire. At the latter they were responsible for windows depicting the Works of Mercy and a second depicting the Seven Sacraments.
If you place Gordon Plumb's image of Confirmation from the surviving glass at Tattershall beside the Buckland panel it clearly demonstrates the stylistic similarities between the glass there and at Buckland. Although I feel that the Tattershall panel is a much more sophisticated piece.
Further Reading
R. C. Marks, The Stained Glass of the Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity, Tattershall (Lincs.) (New York and London, 1984)
- Baby Jesus Having A Quick Dip
South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.I can't resist posting a photo of this glorious little panel of Netherlandish stained glass from South Ormsby in Lincolnshire. This tiny panel dates from the last quarter of the fifteenth...
- Saints In All Saints, North Street, York
To celebrate the feast of All Saints, here is the east window of All Saints, North Street in the city of York. This church is a place that is very dear to my heart, I worshipped here between 1998 and 2005 and it was here that my vocation was fostered....
- Pilfered Glass From Manchester And Elsewhere
Messingham, Lincolnshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.This lovely little figure is in the east window of Messingham church in Lincolnshire, where it sits among a whole host of fascinating fragments of medieval stained glass. When I first saw this...
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East Harling, Norfolk, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.The east window of the East Harling church contains a considerable amount of late fifteenth century stained glass of the Norwich school. The window is composite, and among the panels are a series...