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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
stained glass in general, windows made of colored glass. To a large extent, the name is a misnomer, for staining is only one of the methods of coloring employed, and the best medieval glass made little use of it. Background Colored glass as window decoration is of great antiquity in East Asia. Muslim designers fitted small pieces of it into intricate window traceries of stone, wood, or plaster, and this type of window mosaic is still in use. Colored glass was used in windows of Christian churches as early as the 5th cent., and pictorial glass as early as the 10th cent. Medieval Stained... Read more
Stained Glass
Stained Glass Background The technology for making...at least 5,000 years, and some form of stained glass was used in European Christian churches...third or fourth century a.d. The art of stained glass flowered in the 12th century with the... Read more
stained glass
stained glass. Glass that has been given translucent...church windows. Although the term ‘stained glass’ is now hallowed by long usage...1150 to 1250 was the greatest age of stained glass: colours were strong and simple; designs... Read more

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