Stained glass of the middle ages in England & France (1913)
Arnold, Hugh, Saint, Lawrence Bradford, 1885- · London, A. & C. Black · leaf 48
om the first to have been made incolours as well as in white ; but the art of blowingit into vessels was certainly known in the fourth 1 Plinys word nitrutn does not mean what we call nitre, whichis potassium nitrate, but natron, or natural carbonate of soda, of whichdeposits are found in the Nile… … THE BEGINNINGS OF STAINED GLASS 17 dynasty, and in some of the paintings in the tombsthe process is actually represented. It was not, however, till the first century of theChristian Era that any one seems to have thoughtof using glass to fill windows. In Egypt naturallythe climate made it…
Glass painting and staining -- England · Glass painting and staining -- France · Art, Medieval
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