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Features / Walls, arches & windows

Walls, arches & windows

Stained glass

Coloured glass held in lead strips to form patterns or pictures. It was made in the Middle Ages and was revived widely in the 1800s; modern work often uses thick slab glass set in concrete.

Where to look
Inside, on a bright day; note whether the glass is pictorial, patterned or abstract.
Styles
On the drawings
Not marked on the drawings.

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Cross-section of a vaulted building with a nave, two aisles and flying buttresses. Each label links to its feature. NAVE AISLE AISLE RoofPinnacleFlying buttressButtressAisleRib vaultClerestoryTriforiumArcadePierNave
Cross-sectionFor orientation: Stained glass is not drawn here.