Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 445
nting of the Romanic epoch deserves attention,rather as a forerunner of the future greatness of this art than be-cause of any intrinsic merit. Colored decorations of this kind ap-pear to be as old as the employment of glass for windows. Thefirst mention of the representation of figures in stained… … Altar-piece from the Wiesenkirche in Soest, now in the Museum of Berlin. find the first notice of this art in a letter of Gozbert, Abbot of Te-gernsee, A.D. 983 to 1001, to Count Arnold, patron of the convent;but the expression many colored panes leaves us in doubt as towhether these decorations…
Art, Medieval
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