BLUNDERS IN GLASS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1042, 5 August 1930, Page 14

BLUNDERS IN GLASS

WONDERFUL WINDOWS MARRED The art of stained glass pieturis*tion dates from very early times- A first coloured glass only was used, tne pieces being assembled in the form o. a patch-work or mosaic. Graduate with the development of architecture definite designs appeared until In th 14th century the services of pamten were requisitioned to give form U> tm designs. Early stained glass artists mited extraordinary blunders, sons* • | which are still to be seen, r 0 example, in the windows of Fairtor 1 Church. Gloucester, which contw® some of the finest examples of the Pontius Pilate is depicted on a hors, followed by a medieval warrior dresscin armour and tarrying a Highlander; axe! In the Victoria and Albert Slusew at South Kensington. London. when there is the finest collection of statu glass in the worltU may be seen a *- ' uerfully-painted Flemish w indow e■' j cuted nearly 4 ,1 0 years ago. Its geerel effect, one of great beauty. ■ marred bv" the fact that' tinder tn_ representation of the Annunciation * placed the figures of an abnortn*fat Dutch burgomaster and bis wu engaged in prayer. „ . The fine church at Gouda, in land, contains a window depicting_ Last Supper, in which a Spanish * - is seen sitting at the table surrouno by the apostles, all of whom presented garbed in the Dutch tume of the period! t In a Lambeth (London) there is a window in which •' and his dog are the principal ■ and in a Westmorland church win® a pig. sitting on its haunches in * ging position, is a conspicuous ohjeG Some of the best examples stained glass windows are to *** our cathedrals. Those of Lincoln, Ely. Salisbury. Licbnela Winchester are particularly rich, ous colleges at Oxford and are also lamed for the beauty of windows. - , The most wonderful stained tj*windows in the world are York Minster. They are of value.