Shirley Ann Brown
Senior Scholar
Office: 232 Vanier
Email: sabrown@yorku.ca
Primary website: https://www.yorku.ca/sabrown/
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Shirley Ann Brown is a medievalist whose teaching and research interests include Medieval Art and Architecture of the British Isles, the History of Stained Glass/Stained Glass in Canada, and Art History Methodology. She taught previously at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, and at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
Shirley Ann Brown is a medievalist whose teaching and research interests include Medieval Art and Architecture of the British Isles, the History of Stained Glass/Stained Glass in Canada, and Art History Methodology. She taught previously at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, and at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. She has lived and travelled extensively in Europe, reading English medieval History with Denis Bethel at University College, Dublin. She spent an additional year in research at the Institut fur Kunstgeschichte in Munich. Prof. Brown is the founding Director of the Registry of Stained Glass Windows in Canada. During Winter Term 2007, Prof. Brown was Visiting Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of California at Berkeley
Degrees
PhD, Cornell UniversityMA, Ohio State University
BID, University of Manitoba
Appointments
Faculty of Fine ArtsResearch Interests
L’Invention de la Tapisserie de Bayeux. Naissance, Composition et Style d’un Chef-d’Oeuvre medieval. Edited by Sylvette Lemagnen, Shirley Ann Brown, and Gale Owen-Crocker. Rouen, éditions point de vues, 2018. 399 pages.
The Bayeux Tapestry. Bayeux, Médiathèque municipale: MS 1. A Sourcebook. Turnhout, Brepols, 2013. 434 pages.
The Bayeux Tapestry: A History and Bibliography. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1988. 186 pages.
The Sacred Nectar of the Greeks: The Study of Greek in the West in the Early Middle Ages. (Co-edited with Michael W.Herren). London: King’s College, 1988. 313 pages.
“Henry Holiday’s stained glass in Canada: A continued protest against medievalism”, in A Medieval Legacy. Essays in honour of Professor Malcolm Thurlby. Ed. Jessica Mace. Montreal: Éditions Patrimonium, 2020. Pp. 43-60.
“A facsimile for everybody: From Foucault to Foys and beyond”, in Making Sense of the Bayeux Tapestry. Edited by Anna Henderson. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016. Pp.133-153.
Stained Glass of St.James’ Anglican Cathedral, Toronto. Toronto: Anglican Archdiocese of Toronto, 2001. 35 pages.
“Sonderauftrag Bayeux. Herbert Jeschke and the ‘lost’ drawings of the Bayeux Tapestry", Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, 83 (July 2020), 236-254.
“The Nazis and the Bayeux Tapestry – Why the Nazis fell in love with the Bayeux Tapestry”, BBC History Magazine, (July 2018), 46-50. https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/why-the-nazis-fell-in-love-with-the-bayeux-tapestry
“Will the Bayeux Tapestry actually come to Britain? – Much needs to be done first”, BBC History Magazine, (May 2018). (with others). https://www.historyextra.com/period/norman/will-the-bayeux-tapestry-actually-come-to-britain/
“A building is more than a building. Reading the Bayeux Tapestry’s architecture”, Text, for the Study of Textile Art, design and History, vol. 42 (2014-15) 12-18.
“The strange tale of the Bayeux Tapestry, archaeology and the Nazi Party”, British Archaeology, vol.122 (Jan-Feb 2012) 44-49.
'Decoding Operation Matilda: the Bayeux Tapestry, the Nazis and German Pan-Nationalism.' Proceedings of a Conference at the British Museum, 2008: The Bayeux Tapestry: New Directions. Oxford: Oxbow, 2011.
'Auctoritas, Consilium, et Auxilium: Images of Authority in the Bayeux Tapestry.' The Bayeux Tapestry: New Interpretations. Ed. Dan Terkla and Martin Foys. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2009. 25-35.
'Les Scandinaves, les Vikings et la Tapisserie de Bayeux.' La Tapisserie de Bayeux: une chronique des temps vikings? Ed. Sylvette Lemagnen. Bonsecours: Point-de-vues, 2009. 230-245.
'The Bayeux Tapestry.' The Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
'The Bayeux Tapestry and the Vikings.' Peregrinations. Vol.2 (May 2009): 1-51. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol2/iss4/3/
'Was the Bayeux Tapestry made in France? The Case for St. Florent of Saumur by George Beech (New York, 2005).' H-France Review Vol.6 (Nov.2006): 142.
'Cognate Imagery: The Bear, Harold and the Bayeux Tapestry.' King Harold II and The Bayeux Tapestry. Ed. Gale Owen-Crocker. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2005. 149-60.
'Bibliography of Bayeux Tapestry Studies: 1985-1999.' The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidering the Facts of History. Ed. Brian J.Levy and François Neveu. Caen: Presses de l'Université de Caen, 2004. 411-18. Trans. of 'Recherches sur la Broderie de Bayeux: Bibliographie 1985-1999.' L'Art de broder l'Histoire: La Tapisserie de Bayeux Ed. Brian J.Levy and François Neveu. Caen: Presses de l'Université de Caen, 2004. 411-18.
'The 'Late Gothic' Stained Glass Windows in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John’s, Newfoundland.' Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (June 2004): 21-30.
'The Bayeux Tapestry: A Critical Analysis of Publications 1989-1999.' The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidering the Facts of History. Ed. Brian J.Levy and François Neveu. Caen: Presses de l'Université de Caen, 2004. 27-48. Trans. of 'La Broderie de Bayeux: analyse critique d'oeuvres publiées 1988-1999.' L'Art de broder l'Histoire: La Tapisserie de Bayeux. Ed. Brian J.Levy and François Neveu. Caen: Presses de l'Université de Caen, 2004. 27-48.
with Michael W. Herren. Christ in Celtic Christianity, Britain and Ireland, 5th to 10th Century. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2002.
'Reflections of the Divine.' The Catholic Register (June 2002): 12-13.
with Michael W.Herren. 'Neo-Pelagianism, Early Insular Religious Art, and the Image of Christ.' Pattern and Purpose in Insular Art, Proceedings of the Fourth InternationalConference on Insular Art. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2001. 61-71.
Stained Glass of St.James’ Anglican Cathedral, Toronto. Toronto: Anglican Archdiocese of Toronto, 2001.
'Prolepsis in the Bayeux Tapestry.' Le Futur dans le Moyen Âge Anglais. Paris: Publications de l'Association des Médiévistes Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur, 1999. 21-53.
'Remembrance of War: Stained Glass Windows in Ottawa’s Peace Tower.' Rotunda 31.1 (Summer 1998): 12-17.
'The Role of Art in the Late Anglo-Saxon Church by Richard Gameson (Oxford, 1995).' American Historical Review (April 1997): 433.
with Michael W.Herren. 'The Adelae Comitissae of Baudri of Bourgueil and the Bayeux Tapestry.' Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1993. Ed. R.Gameson. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1994. 55-73.
'The Influence of German Religious Stained Glass in Canada 1880-1941.' RACAR 21.1-2 (1994): 21-31.
''Wilhelmina Geddes' Ottawa Window.' Irish Arts Review vol.10 (1994): 181-88.
'Massey Hall’s Hidden Glass Treasures.' Rotunda 26.2 (Fall 1993): 28-33.
'The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland by Nancy Edwards (London, 1991).' Speculum 68.3 (July 1993): 753-755.
'A Regal Landmark in Stained Glass.' Rotunda 25.3 (Winter 1992): 30-5.
'The Ringed Crosses of the Celts.' Rotunda 25.1 (Summer 1992): 29-35.
'Christ Healing the Sick Child: A Treasure in Stained Glass.' Rotunda 23. 3 (Winter 1990): 11-17.
'The Bayeux Tapestry: Why Eustace, do and William?' Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1989. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1990. 7-28.
'The Bayeux Tapestry by David M.Wilson (London, 1985).' RACAR (Spring 1988): 72-74.
The Bayeux Tapestry: A History and Bibliography. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1988.
'The Bayeux Tapestry: History or Propaganda?' The Anglo-Saxons, Synthesis and Achievement. Ed. J.D.Woods and David A.E.Pelteret. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1985. 11-25.
'The Bayeux Tapestry and the 'Song of Roland'.' Olifant 6.3&4 (Spring & Summer 1979): 339-350.
“La Tapisserie de Bayeux : questions et réponses”, in L’Invention de la Tapisserie de Bayeux. Naissance, Composition et Style d’un Chef-d’Oeuvre medieval. Edited by Sylvette Lemagnen, Shirley Ann Brown, and Gale Owen-Crocker. Rouen, éditions point de vues, 2018. Pp. 57-69.
“In the Company of Angels: a documentary video on the history of the Geddes “Ottawa” Window”. St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ottawa. (with David Clunie, Charlotte Gray, Tim Cook and others). https://www.stbartsottawa.ca/video-Company-of-Angels.html
Shirley Ann Brown is a medievalist whose teaching and research interests include Medieval Art and Architecture of the British Isles, the History of Stained Glass/Stained Glass in Canada, and Art History Methodology. She taught previously at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, and at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
Shirley Ann Brown is a medievalist whose teaching and research interests include Medieval Art and Architecture of the British Isles, the History of Stained Glass/Stained Glass in Canada, and Art History Methodology. She taught previously at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, and at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. She has lived and travelled extensively in Europe, reading English medieval History with Denis Bethel at University College, Dublin. She spent an additional year in research at the Institut fur Kunstgeschichte in Munich. Prof. Brown is the founding Director of the Registry of Stained Glass Windows in Canada. During Winter Term 2007, Prof. Brown was Visiting Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of California at Berkeley
Degrees
PhD, Cornell UniversityMA, Ohio State University
BID, University of Manitoba
Appointments
Faculty of Fine ArtsResearch Interests
All Publications
“Henry Holiday’s stained glass in Canada: A continued protest against medievalism”, in A Medieval Legacy. Essays in honour of Professor Malcolm Thurlby. Ed. Jessica Mace. Montreal: Éditions Patrimonium, 2020. Pp. 43-60.
“A facsimile for everybody: From Foucault to Foys and beyond”, in Making Sense of the Bayeux Tapestry. Edited by Anna Henderson. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016. Pp.133-153.
L’Invention de la Tapisserie de Bayeux. Naissance, Composition et Style d’un Chef-d’Oeuvre medieval. Edited by Sylvette Lemagnen, Shirley Ann Brown, and Gale Owen-Crocker. Rouen, éditions point de vues, 2018. 399 pages.
The Bayeux Tapestry. Bayeux, Médiathèque municipale: MS 1. A Sourcebook. Turnhout, Brepols, 2013. 434 pages.
The Bayeux Tapestry: A History and Bibliography. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1988. 186 pages.
The Sacred Nectar of the Greeks: The Study of Greek in the West in the Early Middle Ages. (Co-edited with Michael W.Herren). London: King’s College, 1988. 313 pages.
Stained Glass of St.James’ Anglican Cathedral, Toronto. Toronto: Anglican Archdiocese of Toronto, 2001. 35 pages.
“Sonderauftrag Bayeux. Herbert Jeschke and the ‘lost’ drawings of the Bayeux Tapestry", Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, 83 (July 2020), 236-254.
“The Nazis and the Bayeux Tapestry – Why the Nazis fell in love with the Bayeux Tapestry”, BBC History Magazine, (July 2018), 46-50. https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/why-the-nazis-fell-in-love-with-the-bayeux-tapestry
“Will the Bayeux Tapestry actually come to Britain? – Much needs to be done first”, BBC History Magazine, (May 2018). (with others). https://www.historyextra.com/period/norman/will-the-bayeux-tapestry-actually-come-to-britain/
“A building is more than a building. Reading the Bayeux Tapestry’s architecture”, Text, for the Study of Textile Art, design and History, vol. 42 (2014-15) 12-18.
“The strange tale of the Bayeux Tapestry, archaeology and the Nazi Party”, British Archaeology, vol.122 (Jan-Feb 2012) 44-49.
'Decoding Operation Matilda: the Bayeux Tapestry, the Nazis and German Pan-Nationalism.' Proceedings of a Conference at the British Museum, 2008: The Bayeux Tapestry: New Directions. Oxford: Oxbow, 2011.
'Auctoritas, Consilium, et Auxilium: Images of Authority in the Bayeux Tapestry.' The Bayeux Tapestry: New Interpretations. Ed. Dan Terkla and Martin Foys. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2009. 25-35.
'Les Scandinaves, les Vikings et la Tapisserie de Bayeux.' La Tapisserie de Bayeux: une chronique des temps vikings? Ed. Sylvette Lemagnen. Bonsecours: Point-de-vues, 2009. 230-245.
'The Bayeux Tapestry.' The Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
'The Bayeux Tapestry and the Vikings.' Peregrinations. Vol.2 (May 2009): 1-51. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol2/iss4/3/
'Was the Bayeux Tapestry made in France? The Case for St. Florent of Saumur by George Beech (New York, 2005).' H-France Review Vol.6 (Nov.2006): 142.
'Cognate Imagery: The Bear, Harold and the Bayeux Tapestry.' King Harold II and The Bayeux Tapestry. Ed. Gale Owen-Crocker. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2005. 149-60.
'Bibliography of Bayeux Tapestry Studies: 1985-1999.' The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidering the Facts of History. Ed. Brian J.Levy and François Neveu. Caen: Presses de l'Université de Caen, 2004. 411-18. Trans. of 'Recherches sur la Broderie de Bayeux: Bibliographie 1985-1999.' L'Art de broder l'Histoire: La Tapisserie de Bayeux Ed. Brian J.Levy and François Neveu. Caen: Presses de l'Université de Caen, 2004. 411-18.
'The 'Late Gothic' Stained Glass Windows in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John’s, Newfoundland.' Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (June 2004): 21-30.
'The Bayeux Tapestry: A Critical Analysis of Publications 1989-1999.' The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidering the Facts of History. Ed. Brian J.Levy and François Neveu. Caen: Presses de l'Université de Caen, 2004. 27-48. Trans. of 'La Broderie de Bayeux: analyse critique d'oeuvres publiées 1988-1999.' L'Art de broder l'Histoire: La Tapisserie de Bayeux. Ed. Brian J.Levy and François Neveu. Caen: Presses de l'Université de Caen, 2004. 27-48.
with Michael W. Herren. Christ in Celtic Christianity, Britain and Ireland, 5th to 10th Century. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2002.
'Reflections of the Divine.' The Catholic Register (June 2002): 12-13.
with Michael W.Herren. 'Neo-Pelagianism, Early Insular Religious Art, and the Image of Christ.' Pattern and Purpose in Insular Art, Proceedings of the Fourth InternationalConference on Insular Art. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2001. 61-71.
Stained Glass of St.James’ Anglican Cathedral, Toronto. Toronto: Anglican Archdiocese of Toronto, 2001.
'Prolepsis in the Bayeux Tapestry.' Le Futur dans le Moyen Âge Anglais. Paris: Publications de l'Association des Médiévistes Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur, 1999. 21-53.
'Remembrance of War: Stained Glass Windows in Ottawa’s Peace Tower.' Rotunda 31.1 (Summer 1998): 12-17.
'The Role of Art in the Late Anglo-Saxon Church by Richard Gameson (Oxford, 1995).' American Historical Review (April 1997): 433.
with Michael W.Herren. 'The Adelae Comitissae of Baudri of Bourgueil and the Bayeux Tapestry.' Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1993. Ed. R.Gameson. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1994. 55-73.
'The Influence of German Religious Stained Glass in Canada 1880-1941.' RACAR 21.1-2 (1994): 21-31.
''Wilhelmina Geddes' Ottawa Window.' Irish Arts Review vol.10 (1994): 181-88.
'Massey Hall’s Hidden Glass Treasures.' Rotunda 26.2 (Fall 1993): 28-33.
'The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland by Nancy Edwards (London, 1991).' Speculum 68.3 (July 1993): 753-755.
'A Regal Landmark in Stained Glass.' Rotunda 25.3 (Winter 1992): 30-5.
'The Ringed Crosses of the Celts.' Rotunda 25.1 (Summer 1992): 29-35.
'Christ Healing the Sick Child: A Treasure in Stained Glass.' Rotunda 23. 3 (Winter 1990): 11-17.
'The Bayeux Tapestry: Why Eustace, do and William?' Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1989. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1990. 7-28.
'The Bayeux Tapestry by David M.Wilson (London, 1985).' RACAR (Spring 1988): 72-74.
The Bayeux Tapestry: A History and Bibliography. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1988.
'The Bayeux Tapestry: History or Propaganda?' The Anglo-Saxons, Synthesis and Achievement. Ed. J.D.Woods and David A.E.Pelteret. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1985. 11-25.
'The Bayeux Tapestry and the 'Song of Roland'.' Olifant 6.3&4 (Spring & Summer 1979): 339-350.
“La Tapisserie de Bayeux : questions et réponses”, in L’Invention de la Tapisserie de Bayeux. Naissance, Composition et Style d’un Chef-d’Oeuvre medieval. Edited by Sylvette Lemagnen, Shirley Ann Brown, and Gale Owen-Crocker. Rouen, éditions point de vues, 2018. Pp. 57-69.
“In the Company of Angels: a documentary video on the history of the Geddes “Ottawa” Window”. St. Bartholomew’s Church, Ottawa. (with David Clunie, Charlotte Gray, Tim Cook and others). https://www.stbartsottawa.ca/video-Company-of-Angels.html
