West Wales Decorative & Fine Arts Lecture - Medieval Stained Glass

Medieval Stained Glass”

The best stained glass windows are masterpieces of colour and narrative. They tell Biblical and didactic tales, display images of saints and armorial crests, memorialise the dead and enhance the devotional ambience of England's churches and cathedrals. Roger Rosewell here traces the history of stained glass from the rare extant Anglo-Saxon works through to some major examples from the last fifty years, exploring the various styles and contexts and affording the reader fascinating insights into how medieval people 'saw' stained glass.

Lecturer: Roger Rosewell

Roger Rosewell is an award winning professional author, lecturer and photographer, specialising in medieval wall paintings and stained glass. He is the author of STAINED GLASS for Shire Books and the Features Editor ofVidimus, the online magazine about medieval stained glass published by the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (GB committee).  

He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries [FSA] and an accredited NADFAS Lecturer and tour leader.  Roger was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University and was formerly a Leader writer with the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers