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Chetwode, St Mary & St Nicholas, sII, central light
Richard Marks in his "Stained Glass in England during the Middle Ages" regards the central lancet of this Chetwode window as a touchstone for analysing the development of stained glass during the years 1250-90.
He notes that the Augustinian Priory of Chetwode was founded in 1245 and recognized as a royal foundation, receiving endowments from Henry III. He dates the glass here to between c.1270 and 1280. Though now forming the centre light of the south chancel window, until 1842 -it was in the east window of the church. The overlaying of one geometrical shape on another gives the impression of several planes of glass.
The light consists of grisaille with stylized leaves and stems arranged in roundels and otherr geometrical shapes. There are also two vesicas containing an archbishop and St John the Baptist. The Chetwode grisaille differs from earlier English ornamental windows in the the foliate designs are no longer mainly made up of deparate groups confined within the geometric shapes, but rather stems cross the main lead lines to hint at an overall scheme for the light. Secondly, here at Chetwode cross-hatching in abandoned in favour of clear grounds, thus increasing translucency.
In the figure of St John the Baptist we see the calligraphic, multiple folds of the first half of the thirteenth-century replaced by crumpled and heavy draperies, the so-called broad-fold style. The figure also has an elegant swaying stance. The broad-fold style originated in painting and sculpture at Paris, Amiens and Rheims in the 1220's and 1230's.
Chetwode, St Mary & St Nicholas, sII, central light
Richard Marks in his "Stained Glass in England during the Middle Ages" regards the central lancet of this Chetwode window as a touchstone for analysing the development of stained glass during the years 1250-90.
He notes that the Augustinian Priory of Chetwode was founded in 1245 and recognized as a royal foundation, receiving endowments from Henry III. He dates the glass here to between c.1270 and 1280. Though now forming the centre light of the south chancel window, until 1842 -it was in the east window of the church. The overlaying of one geometrical shape on another gives the impression of several planes of glass.
The light consists of grisaille with stylized leaves and stems arranged in roundels and otherr geometrical shapes. There are also two vesicas containing an archbishop and St John the Baptist. The Chetwode grisaille differs from earlier English ornamental windows in the the foliate designs are no longer mainly made up of deparate groups confined within the geometric shapes, but rather stems cross the main lead lines to hint at an overall scheme for the light. Secondly, here at Chetwode cross-hatching in abandoned in favour of clear grounds, thus increasing translucency.
In the figure of St John the Baptist we see the calligraphic, multiple folds of the first half of the thirteenth-century replaced by crumpled and heavy draperies, the so-called broad-fold style. The figure also has an elegant swaying stance. The broad-fold style originated in painting and sculpture at Paris, Amiens and Rheims in the 1220's and 1230's.