Rainbow Like an Emerald: Stained Glass in Lorraine in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries (College Art Association Monograph)

Rainbow Like an Emerald is the most comprehensive study of Lorraine stained glass as a regional style developed in conjunction with the typical Gothic architecture of the province. Situated between France and Germany, medieval Lorraine increasingly looked to France for it cultural standards. While French in inspiration, however, its Gothic architecture and stained glass quickly developed strong regional and distinctive characteristics. This architecture has only in the last decade been studied, and Lillich's work is the first serious analysis of the windows. Loraine has always been known as a glass-making center, and in the Gothic era it seems to have produced a range of handsome greens. However, the turbulent history of the region has left little glass from the period, and today no glass program survives in it entirety, while some, such as Metz, are now lost beyond retrieval. This book presents all the Gothic stained glass that remains in Lorraine: Toul Cathedral, Saint-Gengoult in Toul, the rural parish of Ménillot (just outside of Toul), Saint-Dié in the Vosges, the pilgrimage church of Avioth on the Belgian border, and the various groups now installed in Metz Cathedral, with appendixes dealing with fragments surviving at Sainte-Ségolène in Metz, Ecrouves near Toul, and the Cistercian abbey of La Chalade. Though many patches of the puzzle remain―and will remain―blank, some of the outlines are strong and some of the precious detail still commands the power to astonish and delight us. "Rainbow Like an Emerald is the most comprehensive study of Lorraine stained glass as a regional style developed in conjunction with the typical Gothic architecture of the province. Situated between France and Germany, medieval Lorraine increasingly looked to France for it cultural standards. While French in inspiration, however, its Gothic architecture and stained glass quickly developed strong regional and distinctive characteristics. This architecture has only in the last decade been studied, and Lillich's work is the first serious analysis of the windows. Loraine has always been known as a glass-making center, and in the Gothic era it seems to have produced a range of handsome greens. However, the turbulent history of the region has left little glass from the period, and today no glass program survives in it entirety, while some, such as Metz, are now lost beyond retrieval. This book presents all the Gothic stained glass that remains in Lorraine: Toul Cathedral, Saint-Gengoult in Toul, the rural parish of Menillot (just outside of Toul), Saint-Die in the Vosges, the pilgrimage church of Avioth on the Belgian border, and the various groups now installed in Metz Cathedral, with appendixes dealing with fragments surviving at Sainte-Segolene in Metz, Ecrouves near Toul, and the Cistercian abbey of La Chalade. Though many patches of the puzzle remain--and will remain--blank, some of the outlines are strong and some of the precious detail still commands the power to astonish and delight us"--Publisher description Frontmatter List of Illustrations (page ix) Introduction (page 1) I Toul Cathedral (page 5) II Ménillot and Saint-Gengoult (Toul): Stemma Tullensis (page 23) III Saint-Gengoult (Toul): Popular Piety (page 41) IV Saint-Dié (Vosges): Patronage and Anti-Semitism (page 67) V Saint-Gengoult (Toul) and Avioth: The Advent of Silver Stain (page 95) VI Postlude: The Loss of Metz (page 103) Appendixes I Gervase of Tilbury, Otia imperiale (page 109) II Gerald of Wales, Speculum ecclesiae (page 110) III Richer of Senones, Gesta Senoniensis ecclesiae (page 111) IV Jean Ruyr, Recherches des sainctes antiquitez de la Vosge (1634) (page 112) V Sainte-Ségolène, Metz: Probable Donor and Date of the Thirteenth-Century Glass (page 114) VI Écrouves (Meurthe-et-Moselle): Probable Date of the Grisaille (page 117) VII La Chalade (Meuse): Cistercian Grisailles (page 119) Notes (page 123) General Index (page 155) Index of Monuments and Works of Art (page 159) Illustrations (page 163) The Gothic architecture and stained glass of medieval Lorraine developed strong regional characteristics which are considered unique today. This volume presents a study of Lorraine's surviving stained glass, focusing on Metz Cathedral and other cathedrals and rural parish churches in the area. Meredith Parsons Lillich. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [109]-153) And Indexes.