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Show Art Treasure Brought From English Mansion A Fifteenth century window of stained and painted glass from tho beuutlful chapel of Hampton court, an undent English mansion house, is at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Hampton court was built by Sir Roland I.enihal about the year Utt, a little more than a linlf-century before be-fore Columbus voyaged to America. Sir Roland, who btoilt the mansion under un-der the iMispices of Henry VI, had become be-come wealthy partly through the victory vic-tory of Aglneourr, where he had acquired ac-quired n number of prisoners. As was customary in those days, a chape! was a component part of the dwelling. It is thought that the glass was made by John de la Chambre pere. who painted much of the line ecclesiastical glass of the period, notably the great St. Cuthhert window at York minster. It is interesting to note i:i this Fifteenth century work that there is much pJaln glass inserted and then painted, ulthough stained l:!ass was widely used at the time. In this example, the hair and beards of the apostles are painted on. Above eight apostles l'eter, Andrew, James, John, Bartholomew, Mattiiew, James the lesser, unci Stmon set lu niches under minted canopies are figures of St. Fiaucis n-ud St. John the Baptist. |