Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, Alcuin and Charlemagne, 1898
stained glass, 159 x 64 in.
Four vertical register memorial window composed as follows:
Top: fanlight shaped lunette panel in elaborate scrolling Renaissance Revival style foliate interlace composition in gold, blue and green.
Middle: Figural register depicting Alcuin and Charlemagne reviewing a book in a library. Both are standing full figure in medieval garb. The king is crowned and Alcuin holds a book with both hands. Jewel tones with red and blue the most prominent colors.
Bottom: Dedication panel in large horizontal ovoid cartouche rendered in gold and jewel tones.
2011.01.01
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The original sketch for this window was done by Fredrick Wilson circa 1893.
Alcuin was the English man-of-letters who assisted Charlemagne in founding a royal academy.
Per Priscilla Throop: ""the background is the still extant Palatine Chapel at Aachen.""
Source Institute: Pardee Hall
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA