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Meredith Lillich
Born(1932-02-09)February 9, 1932
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 18, 2026(2026-05-18) (aged 94)
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
OccupationArt historian
SpouseRichard B. Lillich
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2007)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Stained Glass of Saint-Père de Chartres (1969)
Academic work
DisciplineArt historian
Sub-discipline
Medieval stained glass
InstitutionsSyracuse University

Meredith Parsons Lillich (February 9, 1932 – March 18, 2026) was an American art historian. She specialized in medieval stained glass, and wrote several books on the topic, including The Stained Glass of Saint-Père de Chartres (1978), Rainbow Like an Emerald (1991), and The Gothic Stained Glass of Reims Cathedral (2011). Lillich was a 2007 Guggenheim Fellow and was an Emeritus Professor of Art History at Syracuse University.

Life and career

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Lillich was born in Chicago, Illinois,[1] on February 9, 1932, the daughter of Allan D. Parsons.[2] She obtained a BA from Oberlin College in 1953, and after studying art history as a 1953-1954 Fulbright Fellow at the Free University of Brussels,[2] an MA from Cornell University in 1957.[1] She later obtained a PhD from Columbia University in 1969; her doctoral dissertation was titled The Stained Glass of Saint-Père de Chartres.[1][3]

In 1968, Lillich became an instructor at Syracuse University.[4]. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1969, associate professor in 1973, and full professor in 1981.[1] She was director of the 1980 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminar for College Teachers.[1] She was also a 1976 NEH Fellow in Paris, a 1980-1981 American Council of Learned Societies Fellow, a 1981 and 1987-1988 Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Visiting Senior Fellow, a 1983 Fulbright Senior Research Fellow in Paris, and a 1988 Institute for Advanced Study Fellow.[1] She was awarded Syracuse University's 1987 William Wasserstrom Prize for Outstanding Graduate Teaching.[5]

She specialized in medieval stained glass.[6][7] Books she authored include The Stained Glass of Saint-Père de Chartres (1978) - which won a Millard Meiss Publication Fund grant[8] - Rainbow Like an Emerald: Stained Glass in Lorraine in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries (1991), The Armor of Light: Stained Glass in Western France, 1250-1325 (1994) and Stained Glass Before 1700 in Upstate New York (2004).[9][7] In 2007, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study the stained glass of Reims Cathedral;[7] this allowed her to write her next book The Gothic Stained Glass of Reims Cathedral (2007).[10]

In 1953, she married legal scholar Richard B. Lillich.[7][2]

Lillich died at her home in Syracuse, New York, on March 18, 2026, at the age of 94.[6][11]

Works

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  • A Redating of the Thirteenth-Century Grisaille Windows of Chartres Cathedral (1972)[9]
  • The Stained Glass of Saint-Père de Chartres (1978)[a]
  • (as editor) Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture, I and II (1982 and 1984)[15]
  • Rainbow Like an Emerald: Stained Glass in Lorraine in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries (1991)[b]
  • The Armor of Light: Stained Glass in Western France, 1250-1325 (1994)[18]
  • The Queen of Sicily and Gothic Stained Glass in Mussy and Tonnerre (1998)[19]
  • (as editor) Cistercian Nuns and Their World (2005)[20]
  • The Gothic Stained Glass of Reims Cathedral (2011)[c]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Reviews of this book: [12][13][14]
  2. ↑ Reviews of this book: [16][17]
  3. ↑ Reviews of this book: [21][22]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Reports of the President and the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2008. p. 99.
  2. 1 2 3 "Parsons-Lillich". Chicago Tribune. September 8, 1953. p. 33.
  3. ↑ Lillich, Meredith Parsons (1969). The Stained Glass of Saint-Père de Chartres (PhD thesis). Columbia University. OCLC 81074789.
  4. ↑ "Meredith Lillich". College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  5. ↑ "William Wasserstrom Prize". College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Bernardi, Dan (May 27, 2026). "Remembering a Pioneer of Medieval Stained Glass". Syracuse University Today. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Meredith Parsons Lillich". Guggenheim Fellowships. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Publication Grants | Programs". College Art Association. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Meredith Parsons Lillich." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000060108/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=aaeae685. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
  10. ↑ "The Gothic Stained Glass of Reims Cathedral By Meredith Parsons Lillich". Penn State University Press. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Meredith Parsons Lillich Obituary". Farone & Son Inc. Funeral Home. Retrieved May 28, 2026 – via Legacy.com.
  12. ↑ Cothren, Michael (1979). "Review of The Stained Glass of Saint-Père de Chartres". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 38 (3): 281–282. doi:10.2307/989394. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 989394.
  13. ↑ Pfaff, Richard W. (1979). "Review of The Stained Glass of Saint-Père de Chartres". Church History. 48 (3): 338–339. doi:10.2307/3163991. ISSN 0009-6407. JSTOR 3163991.
  14. ↑ Raguin, Virginia Chieffo (1980). "Review of The Stained Glass of Saint-Père de Chartres". Speculum. 55 (1): 142–143. doi:10.2307/2855745. ISSN 0038-7134. JSTOR 2855745.
  15. ↑ Gillerman, David M. (1986). "Review of Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture, I and II". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 45 (4): 410–411. doi:10.2307/990212. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 990212.
  16. ↑ Caviness, Madeline H. (1993). "Review of Rainbow Like and Emerald: Stained Glass in Lorraine in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 52 (2): 232–233. doi:10.2307/990793. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 990793.
  17. ↑ Pastan, Elizabeth (1994). "Review of Rainbow Like an Emerald: Stained Glass in Lorraine in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries". Speculum. 69 (1): 203–204. doi:10.2307/2864844. ISSN 0038-7134. JSTOR 2864844.
  18. ↑ Ayers, Tim (1995). "Review of The Armor of Light, Stained Glass in Western France, 1250-1325. (California Studies in the History of Art, XXIII)". The Burlington Magazine. 137 (1110): 620. ISSN 0007-6287. JSTOR 886659.
  19. ↑ Harris, Anne F. (2002). "Review of The Queen of Sicily and Gothic Stained Glass in Mussy and Tonnerre". Speculum. 77 (1): 215–216. doi:10.2307/2903847. ISSN 0038-7134. JSTOR 2903847.
  20. ↑ Nichols, John A. (2007). "Review of Cistercian Nuns and Their World". The Catholic Historical Review. 93 (1): 143–144. ISSN 0008-8080. JSTOR 25166777.
  21. ↑ Brown, Sarah (2014). "Review of The Gothic Stained Glass of Reims Cathedral". Studies in Iconography. 35: 252–255. ISSN 0148-1029. JSTOR 23924799.
  22. ↑ Sadler, Donna (2013). "Review of The Gothic Stained Glass of Reims Cathedral". Speculum. 88 (2): 547–548. doi:10.1017/S0038713413001541. ISSN 0038-7134. JSTOR 23488889.
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