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Wow its window of the week at Gloucester Cathedral
Wow its window of the week at Gloucester Cathedral
25th June 2010
Window of the Week at Gloucester Cathedral
Visitors, shoppers and office workers in Gloucester city centre can
enjoy 15 minutes of culture at lunchtime when Gloucester Cathedral's
volunteer Guides launch a series of short talks on the Window of the
Week. On each Tuesday lunchtime during July and August, the guides will
focus on a different stained glass window, explaining why it is so
special.
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The windows of Gloucester Cathedral contain stained glass from the
fourteenth century to the late twentieth century. Some of the glass is
among the most important of its period in England and it is famed around
the world for its quality and beauty.
The nine talks are:
Tuesday 6 July 12.45 - 1.00pm
THE BOY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE
John Hardman & Co 1855
The first figurative glass to be installed in the cathedral since the
Reformation.
Tuesday 13 July 12.45 - 1.00pm
FOUR SAINTS
C E Kempe 1890
Tuesday 20 July 12.45 - 1.00pm
THE LADY CHAPEL EAST WINDOW
14th and 15th centuries
Tuesday 27 July 12.45 - 1.00pm
THE VISITATION
Christopher Whall 1902
Tuesday 3 August 12.45 - 1.00pm
THE TEMPTATIONS OF JESUS
John Hardman & Co 1865
Tuesday 10 August 12.45 - 1.00pm
THE LAVATORIUM
John Hardman & Co 1868
Tuesday 17 August 12.45 - 1.00pm
TUDOR HERALDIC GLASS
1520s and 1540s
Tuesday 24 August 12.45 - 1.00pm
FOUR BUILDERS OF THE ABBEY
C E Kempe 1892
Tuesday 31 August 12.45 - 1.00pm
THE NATIVITY OF JESUS
Christopher Whall 1901
Each 15 minute talk is free and no booking is required. Those interested
in hearing the talk are asked to meet at 12.40 pm at the west end of the
cathedral, near the shop.
Robin Lunn is nationally known as an expert on stained glass. He has an
encyclopaedic knowledge of stained glass and regularly travels around
Europe indulging his passion for stained glass. He is a volunteer Guide,
spent three and a half years cataloguing the Cathedral's glass and wrote
the text for the Cathedral's guide book on stained glass.
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Richard Cann has been associated with Gloucester Cathedral since 1943
when he joined as a Chorister. He is a volunteer Guide and spent three
and a half years photographing and cataloguing the Cathedral's stained
glass. His photographs appear in the Cathedral's guide book on stained
glass.
Robin and Richard both lead the Cathedral's popular Stained Glass Study
Days.
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