Deb,
What a lovely friend you are!
Every church had a decorative program that was largely controlled by the
priest (bishop, abbot, whatever) who governed that particular church. He
would have decided the general subjects for the primary windows on the
transept, west wall and apse, and also for the windows along the nave.
However those windows would have been paid for by all kinds of individuals
and groups--royalty, landowners, guilds--and the subjects of those windows
would reflect the concerns of the patrons as well.
My own book on stained glass is probably out of print. (STAINED GLASS, L.
Lee, g. Seddon, F. Stephens, NY: Crown Publishers, 1976) However, you could
consider giving a copy of the great classic by Henry Adams (1838-1918) on
Chartres (MONT ST. MICHEL and CHARTRES, available from Penguin Books in
paperback). It still takes my breath away.
Moreover, if you are focused on iconography, why not go around the stained
glass thing and get him a book of Christian symbols. There's always Hall's
A DICTIONARY OF SYMBOLS, which is all purpose, but I also have something
called SIGNS AND SYMBOLS IN CHRISTIAN ART which is just wonderful. I forget
the author and right now the book is beyond my reach, but... Go to
Amazon.com and look at what they have there. You might find something you
like better. I have 5 or 6 such books at this point. Each is differnet,
each gives me something the others don't.
This is no doubt not the answer you were looking for, but I hope it helps.
Ellen Cutler
----- Original Message -----
From: Deb Fuller <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 10:27 AM
Subject: Stained glass
> Hello all,
>
> This is perplexing me. A friend's husband does stained glass and for
> Christmas, i wanted to get him a book on the history of stained glass and
how
> to interpret Cathedral windows. I have found very little on the subject.
> There are plenty of books on stained glass patterns, modern stained glass,
> and stained glass coloring books, but little on stained glass as an art
form
> in history. I even called the National Cathedral and they don't have
anything
> on their stained glass windows. There are a few books that are out of
print
> or are way over $100.
>
> I remember hearing from church tours that medieval stained glass told
stories
> and had a lot of symbolism in the pictures that a person living at that
time
> would recognize. Would this be the same for all medieval art as well? I
> looked in books on medieval art but there is little, if anything about
> stained glass in those as well.
>
> If anyone has any leads on where I can find a book that explains medieval
> stained glass in general, please let me know. I find this lack of
information
> very odd.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Deb
>
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