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In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significance
A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man ... standing and Mary sitting. Like the medieval monastic model of “ora et labora ...
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Medieval stained glass returns to church
Hundreds of fragments of a medieval stained glass window have been returned to a Lincolnshire church after nearly 80 years. The 14th Century window from St Andrew's Church in Heckington was ...
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Stained Glass, Europe, Medieval
The technology of creating stained glass has been changed by improved tools and increased scientific knowledge, but the technique is essentially the same as in medieval times. A full size drawing of ...
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Stained Glass
Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining ... made of fragments of early glass. These figures are thought to represent St Edward and Edward the "Black" Prince. Around 30,000 small ...