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Ornamental treasures : a collection of designs from India, China, Japan, Italy, Germany, France. etc., of all styles and times comprising 100 plates (1912)

Dolmetsch, H · New York : R. Davis · leaf 132

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Plate 42. Middle Ages. Stained Glass ^^.Ithough the production of coloured glass was already known in the 9*^ century, we cannot speak of glass-painting^efore the close of the 10''^ century. At that time the first trials were made to shade glass panes, stained in the substance, by melting a darker… … Key to figures on plate. Fig. I — 6. From the cathedral at Chartres. ,,7. „ „ abbey church at St. Denis. „ 8. v 11 church St. Urbain at Troyes. „ 9. „ .. cathedral at Tro3'es. ,, 10. „ „ „ at Laon. „ II and 12. From the cathedral at Angers. „ 13 and 14. ,. „ Samaritan church at Bourges. „ 15. „ .,…

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