STAINED GLASS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
Posted: 02 Nov 2006 @ 00:00
Scala Publishers, £25; 1-85759-339-1
The story of Jonah and the Whale, depicted here in a window in Canterbury
Cathedral, was seen in the Middle Ages as a “type” of the entombment.
Similarly, Jonah’s release from the belly of the fish was seen as a symbol of
the resurrection. which celebrates and explains the newly cleaned windows
and their narrative sequences, in this colourful and beautifully produced
book. Sebastian Strobl, who is head of stained-glass conservation at
Canterbury, writes a chapter about the history of conservation methods, as well
as the work done by the cathedral’s team