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A new border from Abbot Suger’s Saint-Denis
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 430–37
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Author:
Cothren, Michael W. (Cothren, Michael W.)
Author:
Shepard, Mary B. (Shepard, Mary B.)
Subjects
buildings:
Abbey of Saint Denis, Saint Denis, France
dates:
1140-1149
patrons:
Suger, Abbot of Saint Denis, 1081-1151
subjects:
Stained glass / Colour / Installations (visual works) / Corrosion
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12b. Detail of the reverse of a border segment from the Moses window from Saint-Denis. c.1140–45. Stained glass. (Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn; inv.no.03.SG.181).
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1. Reconstruction of the original design of Fig.2.
Western art unattributed:
10. Border segment from the Moses Window, from Saint-Denis. c.1140-45. Stained glass, 31.4 by 21.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; inv. no.26.218.5).
Western art unattributed:
11. Border segment from the Benedict window, from Saint-Denis. c.1140–45. Stained glass, 35.3 by 25 cm. (Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn; inv. no.03.SG.33).
Western art unattributed:
12a. Reverse of Fig.2. (Photograph Mary B. Shepard).
Western art unattributed:
2. Fragmented border section from Saint-Denis. c.1140–45. Stained glass, 58.1 by 10 cm. (Private collection; photograph Mark French).
Western art unattributed:
3. Border segments from the Infancy of Christ window, from Saint-Denis. c.1140–45. Stained glass, (left strip) 42.6 by 11 cm., (right strip) 42.6 by 12.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. nos.26.218.6a, b).
Western art unattributed:
4. Detail of Fig.2, showing a palmette. (Photograph Mary B. Shepard).
Western art unattributed:
5. Ambulatory of Saint-Denis, c.1140–44. (Alamy Stock Photo).
Western art unattributed:
6. Border segment from Saint-Remi. c.1180–1200. Stained glass, 71.7 by 13.9 cm. (Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn; inv. no.03.SG.216).
Western art unattributed:
7. Border segment from an unknown window from Saint-Denis (Grodecki’s type ‘G’), by Juste Lisch. c.1140–45. Stained glass, 49.3 by 13 cm. (Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn; inv. no.03.SG.6).
Western art unattributed:
8. Border segment from window depicting Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man, Poitiers Cathedral, bay 112. c.1200–25. Stained glass. (Photograph Painton Cowen).
Western art unattributed:
9. Twelfth-century border designs from Saint-Denis. (From L. Grodecki: Les Vitraux de Saint-Denis: Étude sur le vitrail au XIIe siècle (Corpus Vitrearum, France, Série Études I), Paris 1976, p.129).
Article
Artistic Purpose of Some Features of Corrosion on the Golden Horses of Venice
03/1975 | 864 | 117
Pages: 132-139
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Author:
Mestitz, Anna (Mestitz, Anna)
Author:
Vittori, Ottavio (Vittori, Ottavio)
Subjects
places:
Italy / Venice
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Horses (animals)
subjects:
Equestrian statues
subjects:
Technical analysis / Corrosion / Conservation
works:
Horses of Saint Mark (Venice)
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
10. Detail Showing the Distribution of Black and Green Scratches on the Breast of Horse A. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze. (St Mark's Basilica, Venice).]
Western art unattributed:
11. Diagram of Scratches on Head of Horse A. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze. (St Mark's Basilica, Venice).]
Western art unattributed:
12. Diagram of Scratches on Head of Horse B. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze. (St Mark's Basilica, Venice).]
Western art unattributed:
13. Diagram of Scratches on Breast of Horse A. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze. (St Mark's Basilica, Venice).]
Western art unattributed:
14. Diagram of Scratches on Head of Horse C. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze. (St Mark's Basilica, Venice).]
Western art unattributed:
2. Breast of Horse A, Showing Scratch Distribution. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze.] (St Mark's, Venice.)
Western art unattributed:
3. Breast of Horse B, Showing Scratch Distribution. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze.] (St Mark's, Venice.)
Western art unattributed:
4. Breast of Horse C, Showing Scratch Distribution. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze.] (St Mark's, Venice.)
Western art unattributed:
5. Detail of Original Plug. Note Distribution of Corrosion Products at Its Boundary. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze. (St Mark's Basilica, Venice).]
Western art unattributed:
6. Magnification of the Error in the Cut of the Gold Layer for Applying the Harness. The Dotted Line Shows the Actual Position of the Harness Strip. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze. (St Mark's Basilica, Venice).]
Western art unattributed:
7. Scratch Distribution Running Parallel to the Outline of the Mane. Head of Horse A. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze. (St Mark's Basilica, Venice).]
Western art unattributed:
8. Detail from Horse A. Scratches beneath the Collar. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze. (St Mark's Basilica, Venice).]
Western art unattributed:
9. Detail of the Scratches on the Breast of Horse A. ['Golden Horses of St. Mark', Greek or Roman, Bronze. (St Mark's Basilica, Venice).]