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The Stained Glass of the Hosmer Collection, McGill University

Corpus Vitrearum Canada

Format: Hardback
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Canada
Published: 24th Dec 2014
Dimensions: w 241mm h 318mm d 28mm
Weight: 1755g
ISBN-10: 077354397X
ISBN-13: 9780773543973
Barcode No: 9780773543973
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Synopsis
The Hosmer Collection is one of the most significant collections of secular pre-modern stained glass in North America and the largest in Canada. In contrast to the better-known stained glass works made for churches, these exquisite sixteenth- and seventeenth-century small panels were intended to grace the windows of private residences and other non-religious spaces. The first book-length treatment of pre-modern stained glass in Canada, this volume provides new information on the diverse subject matter (ranging from allegories to heraldic displays), provenance (the Low Countries and Switzerland), style, and dating. Each work receives a detailed treatment according to the criteria of the Corpus Vitrearum, the international organization which set the scrupulous standards for modern stained glass research, and is accompanied by photographs. The volume's introduction situates the collection both within the history of the medium and within the context of the architectural history and artistic environment of Montreal. Also structured as an on-site guide to the collection, The Stained Glass of the Hosmer Collection, McGill University breaks new ground on collecting practices, architectural design, and the installation of pre-modern stained glass in new buildings.

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" The methodology used in preparing this catalogue is impeccable, governed by the high standards of the Corpus Vitrearum project, and in a Canadian context, is absolutely ground-breaking. The detective work employed to discover the probable original provenance of each fragment is exemplary." John Osborne, dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University " Extremely well-researched and articulately argued, The Stained Glass of the Hosmer Collection, McGill University offers in-depth and intelligent analysis of the physical minutae of the objects to build understanding of the context of each work' s creation "This exceptional work presents this treasure trove of sixteenth-and seventeenth-century roundels and single panels in meticulous detail and is the culmination of over thirty years' detective work by the two authors. The book is ambitious in its scope, serving as an on-site catalogue for visitors to the collection as well as providing an intensely detailed study of the individual pieces. A groundbreaking and standard-setting piece of work. If the two further volumes for Canada achieve the same standard of scholarship and quality of presentation, then these comparatively little-known collections will certainly receive the international attention they deserve. " Sixteenth-Century Journal