2-741-988 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Stained Glass Panel with Aconite Leaves, c. 1275-1300. This stained glass panel is decorated in a grisaille (monochromatic) technique but also includes a coloured border using pot-metal glass. The original source of the glass is unknown. The ban of 1134 by the Cistercian Order against using figural art and brightly coloured glass suggests this panel may derive from a window in one of that order’s churches. This is the earliest stained glass in the museum’s collection.