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Hugh Arnold. Stained Glass of the Middle Ages in England and France
Stained Glass of the Middle Ages in England and France
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
I. THE MAKING OF A WINDOW
II. THE BEGINNINGS OF STAINED GLASS
III. THE STYLE OF THE FIRST PERIOD
IV. TWELFTH CENTURY GLASS
V. EARLY THIRTEENTH CENTURY GLASS. IN ENGLAND (CANTERBURY AND LINCOLN)
VI. THIRTEENTH CENTURY GLASS. IN FRANCE (SENS AND CHARTRES)
VII. OTHER THIRTEENTH CENTURY. WINDOWS
VIII. THE STYLE OF THE SECOND PERIOD
IX. EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY GLASS. IN ENGLAND (MERTON COLLEGE AND EXETER)
X. FOURTEENTH CENTURY GLASS. AT YORK
XI. FOURTEENTH CENTURY GLASS. IN FRANCE
XII. LATE FOURTEENTH CENTURY GLASS. IN ENGLAND (TRANSITIONAL—GLOUCESTER AND THE WORK. OF THE WINCHESTER SCHOOL)
XIII. THE STYLE OF THE THIRD PERIOD
XIV. FIFTEENTH CENTURY GLASS. AT YORK
XV. FIFTEENTH CENTURY GLASS. IN FRANCE
XVI. MALVERN AND FAIRFORD
INDEX
FOOTNOTES
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Hugh Arnold
Published by Good Press, 2019
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I have said that stained-glass work is the product of the union of two crafts, the glazier's and the enameller's. The glazier's work being the groundwork of a window, I will take it first.
What, to begin with, is glass? It is sand melted and run together. The best sand for the purpose is that which is most largely composed of the substance called silica, such as sand formed of powdered quartz, or flint. For some reason, the silica when melted does not recrystallize on cooling as might have been expected, but forms an even transparent substance, plastic while still hot. Think of the tremendous effect this one natural fact has had on the architecture, dress, and, probably, the physique of the nations of northern Europe.
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