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"First full study, with fully illustrated catalog, of the stained glass of Merton College, Oxford, a monument of national and international importance, given the extent of remaining original art and the documentation surviving in college archives. Merton was a model for the graduate college, in both its statutes and its fabric. The place of stained glass within the institution's history, including the representations of the college, its members and benefactors, the choice and development of iconographies against the background of competition between colleges contribute to the wider study of the art and architecture of the late medieval university. In the nineteenth century, the stained glass at Merton was a point of reference for leading figures in both Pre-Raphaelitism, and the Arts and Crafts movement."--Publisher's website.