Beauvais - France
Some of the 16th century and earlier stained glass that can be found in Beauvais France. In particular the works of the le Prince family in Beauvais Cathedral and the parish church of St Ettiene.
Stained Glass
Blue Virgin
Set into a 13th century window, in the south ambulatory of the choir (bay 44) of Chartres Cathedral, this is one of the most celebrated medieval artworks in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres.It dates primarily to c. 1180 CE, with later additions around 1225 CE, making it a rare survivor from the pre-1194 fire that destroyed the earlier Romanesque cathedral.
Bourges Cathedral Stained Glass
The Cathedral of St Stephen, Bourges contains a large number of medieval and renaissance stained glass. The glass panels date from 1210 - 1620 and represents Saints, Apostles, Prophets, and Bible stories.
The above rose window in the west of the church was built in the last part of 14th century.
Byfield - Holy Cross c1897
Memorial window, by CE Kempe, dedicated to Reverend Thomas Farebrother (d1896), Mary Anne Farebrother (d1884), and George Farebrother (d1892).
C14 stained glass fragments - Old Arley, Warwickshire
Early C14 fragments of stained glass re-set into north chancel window. St. Wilfred, Old Arley, Warwickshire
C14th English stained glass fragments - Pattishall Northamptonshire
This fragmentary but evocative window from Holy Cross Church, Pattishall, preserves elements of a 14th-century English stained glass narrative cycle. The surviving lights depict a kneeling orant figure with hands raised in prayer, and beside it, a group showing Christ with a disciple or saint, set beneath delicately painted Gothic architectural canopies.
Canons of Loches
This window, at Tours cathedral, is dated to the last part of the 13th century, was donated to Tours Cathedral by the Canons of the Collegiate church at Loches in commemoration for the Treaty of Paris (1259) between Louis IX of France and Henry III of England.
Chancel Windows - All Saints, Brixworth
The two windows in the north wall of the chancel in the Saxon church of All Saints, Brixworth are by Burlison & Grylls, dated 1913 and 1915, they are from the first quarter of the 20th century.
Chancel Windows - Tewkesbury Abbey
The stained glass windows in the chancel of Tewkesbury Abbey are all from between 1338 and 1340. They were most probably a gift to the Abbey by Eleanor Despenser (nee de Clare) the wife of Hugh Despenser the Younger. Eleanor is thought to be the person depicted in the panel here.
Chapel of the Sacred Heart - Beauvais Cathedral
The Sacred Heart Chapel in Beauvais Cathedral contains this stained glass window by Engrand le Prince. It was commissioned in 1522 by Louis de Roncherolles chamberlain and councillor to Francis I of France.
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