Early medieval window glass from Müstair
More than 2000 coloured glass fragments unearthed in the excavations at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of St John’s monastery in Müstair (the Grisons) have been studied in this interdisciplinary project. Archaeological, technological and art historical research aimed at casting light on the provenance of the glass and the fabrication of flat glass in the early Middle Ages, as well as the design of the ornamental windows in the Carolingian monastery. The study was part of a larger project, which also encompasses the early medieval window glass found at the funeral church at Soux-le-Scex, Sion.
Publications:
- Sophie WOLF, Cordula KESSLER, Jürg GOLL, Stefan TRÜMPLER, Patrick DEGRYSE, Early-medieval stained-glass windows from St. John Müstair: materials, provenance and production technology. In: Wolf Sophie and De Pury-Gysel, Anne (eds.), Annales du 20e Congrès de l’AIHV, 7–11 September 2015 in Fribourg & Romont, Romont 2017, 660–667.
- Cordula M. KESSLER, Sophie WOLF und Stefan TRÜMPLER, Leuchtende Fenster. Glas als Werkstoff und seine Herstellung, in: Markus Riek, Jürg Goll, Georges Descœudres (Hg.), Die Zeit Karls des Grossen in der Schweiz, Bern: Benteli Verlag 2013.
- Sophie WOLF, Cordula KESSLER, Willem B. STERN and Yvonne GERBER, The composition and manufacture of early medieval coloured window glass from Sion (Valais, Switzerland) - A Roman glass-making tradition or innovative craftsmanship?, in: Archaeometry, 47 (2005), 363–382.
- Cordula KESSLER, Sophie WOLF und Stefan TRÜMPLER, Die frühesten Zeugen ornamentaler Glasmalerei aus der Schweiz. Die frühmittelalterlichen Fensterglasfunde von Sion, Sous-le-Scex, in: Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte, 62 (2005), 1–30.
The project has received financial support from the Swiss National Science Fund (Project no. 1214-068293/1).