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Stained glass is transparent colored glass formed into decorative mosaics and set into windows primarily in churches.
The monastery which is believed to be the oldest in the country.
The colorful patterns of stained glass earned it a special place in the world of art and architecture.
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Some of them also featured geometric patterns in bands or abstract images often.
Throughout most of its over thousand years of history stained glass has been associated with glass panels and windows of significant constructions such as churches.
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During the art form s heyday between the 12th and 17th centuries ce stained glass depicted religious tales from the judeo christian bible or secular stories such as chaucer s canterbury tales.
Stained glass as an art and a craft requires the artistic skill to conceive an appropriate and workable design and the engineering skills to assemble the piece a window must fit snugly into the space for which it is made must resist wind and rain and also especially in the larger windows must support its own weight.
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Gothic was a style of architecture that developed in france around 1140 and spread throughout europe.
The gothic style in stained glass had first appeared in france in 1142 with the dedication of the stained glass windows in the ambulatory of the basilica of saint denis the earliest existing windows in the style in england are probably those at canterbury cathedral including the methuselah window in the choir clerestory the choir of canterbury was destroyed by a fire and was rebuilt by.
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