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The 72 Windows of St. Jan’s Church in Gouda
St. Jan’s Church in Gouda is one of the few churches in the world today that still retains stained glass in all its windows. Of the seventy-two windows on display throughout the gothic church, sixty-one date back to the sixteenth century. In this gorgeous volume, R. A. Bosch provides full-page reproductions of each of the seventy-two windows as well as several high-resolution images of the windows in detail. Accompanying each image is a comprehensive explanation of the themes and historical contexts depicted in each window.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Ground plan of St. John’s Church showing the numbering of the panes
St. John’s Church and the Stained-Glass Windows of Gouda in Detail
The Stained-Glass Art in St. John’s Church in Gouda and Sixteenth-Century Humanism
The Apostle Panes (1530-1560)
The Pre-Reformation Panes, from the Old Testament (1555-1571)
The Pre-Reformation Panes, from the New Testament (1555-1571)
The Chapel Panes (1556-1571)
The Coat-of-Arms Panes (1593-1594)
The Post-Reformation Panes (1594-1603)
The New Panes
Index
Literature
Glossary