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How do you make stained glass windows?

We need to start with a pattern to prepare a stained glass windows. The pattern is nothing but an image that we want to create on the stained glass window. The following are the steps for the same.Cut a stained glass piece which is slightly larger than the dimensions of your windowDraw the pattern on the stained glass piece.Cut the glass piece along the edges of the pattern drawn in step 2Put the pieces back together and solder themThat's it. Your stained glass window is ready.


Did the Romans create a number of pictorial stained glass pieces?

Primitive windows were just holes in a wall. Later, windows were covered with animal hide, cloth, or wood. The Romans were the first to use glass for windows. In Alexandria ca. 100 AD, cast glass windows, albeit with poor optical properties, began to appear. The Romans has stained glass objects but stained glass windows were not made until around 800AD This came from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stained_glass#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_stained_glass


Did the stained glass windows in the middle ages tell a story?

Stained glass windows was originally used in the medieval times as a "biblia pauperum" Which meant "poor man's bible" they were used in the time when people couldn't read or write, so stained glassed windows were used as a substitute for bibles and hymnals since each and every one of the windows tell a story people could understand and open their eyes to what the picture in the stained glass window meant. They could incorporate narratives drawn from the bible, literature or history, they may also represent saints or patrons or even use symbolic mofits


Were there stained glass windows in castles?

Castles didn't have stain glass windows ( some do today because they have been added) because they were built for protection and defense.


What did Edward vi order to be torn from the churches?

He ordered all the posh things and stained glass windows to be removed