To learn more about medieval stained glass, here are some suggestions.
Read some of the following scholarly works:
- Brown, Sarah and David O'Connor. Glass Painters. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.
- Caviness, Madeline. Stained Glass Windows. Tornhout, Belgium: Brepols, 1996.
- Caviness, Madeline. "Biblical Stories in Windows: Were they Bibles for the Poor?" in Bernard Levy, ed., The Bible in the Middle Ages: Its Influence on Literature and Art. Binghamton, NY: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1992, 103-147.
-Marks, Richard. Stained Glass in England during the Middle Ages. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993.
- Raguin, Virginia Chieffo. The History of Stained Glass. London: Thamas & Hudson, 2003.
Look up these sites up online:
- Medieval Stained Glass by Sacred Destinations: a listing of where a modern visitor can see medieval stained glass
- Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA) of Great Britain: an organization cataloging stained glass in Great Britain, includes an online image database of stained glass of over 18,000 images
- Medieval Chartres: images of the stained glass are shown by area of the cathedral, giving the viewer good insight into the overall glass program and the placement of individual panels as well as detailed views of each stained glass panel.
- Vidimus: an online magazine dedicated to the study of medieval stained glass