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stained glass
colored glass used as an art material
Sainte Chapelle
The Sainte-Chapelle (; ) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France.
rose window
circular window
tree of Jesse
artistic theme, depiction of the ancestors of Christ
Rayonnant
Rayonnant was a very refined style of Gothic Architecture which appeared in France in the 13th century. It was the defining style of the High Gothic period, and is often described as the high point of French Gothic architecture. French architects turned their attention from building cathedrals of greater size and height towards bringing greater light into the cathedral interiors and adding more extensive decoration. The architects made the vertical columns and supports thinner, made extensive use of pinnacles and moldings. They combined the triforium gallery and the clerestory into single spa
Tiffany glass
varied types of glass developed at the Tiffany Studios in New York
silver staining
use of silver, usually silver nitrate, as a reagent for producing contrast or coloration in tissue specimens
Janskerk
church building in Gouda, Netherlands
Lye Church
building on Gotland, Sweden
leadlight
thumb|220px|right|Domestic interior by Jan Vermeer showing a leadlight [[casement window]] Leadlights, leaded lights or leaded windows are decorative windows made of small sections of glass supported in lead cames. The technique of creating windows using glass and lead came to be known as came glasswork. The term 'leadlight' could be used to describe any window in which the glass is supported by lead, but traditionally, a distinction is made between stained glass windows and leadlights; the former is associated with the ornate coloured-glass windows of churches and similar buildings, while the