Stained glass was incorporated in much of the architecture of churches during the Middle Ages, when they would depict well-known Bible stories. It became a trademark, in a sense, so much so that when someone sees stained glass, they would most likely think immediately of a church.
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Religion played a huge role in life in the Middle Ages, and they were beautiful and honored God. Also stained glass windows usually showed scenes from Bible stories etc.This was important as most people couldnt read but could understand the pictographic representations of the Bible stories & passages.
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Stained Glass Morning was created in 1970.
Stained Glass - novel - was created in 1978.
A stained glass window is a substance that transmits different colors oflight
stained glass was first developed?
It is used because of its beauty and also to depict Biblical stories
In stained glass, they use things in normal glass but add colors and make it thinner.
Transparent Stained-Glass Windows was created in 2002.
Munich-style stained glass was created in 1827.
One place to sell stained glass is on EBay.