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    History of stained glass as a material from medieval times to the present, including well-known and not-so-well-known artists and craftspeople who have made significant contributions to the craft and to the art of its design.

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    The Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral

    Houses a national collection of British stained glass. The illustrated online catalogue can be browsed by designer, subject, date or place. Includes brief biographies of designers.
    http://www.sgm.abelgratis.com/

    Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright

    On-line version of an exhibition about Frank Lloyd Wright's designs for stained-glass windows.
    http://www.lightscreens.com/home.htm

    The Windows of St. Chapelle, Paris, France. 1243-48

    A page of pictures of the windows of this church, by Prof. Jeffery Howe from Boston College. Part of his site 'A Digital Archive of Architecture'.
    http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/chapelle.html

    The Windows of St. Etienne, Bourges, France

    A page of pictures of the windows of this church, by Prof. Jeffery Howe from Boston College. Part of his site 'A Digital Archive of Architecture'.
    http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/bourges_glass.html

    The Stained Glass Windows of Memorial Hall, Harvard University

    The collection of stained glass in Memorial Hall comprises a veritable museum of American stained glass. Descriptions and photos of the windows, by various English and American designers.
    http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~memhall/staingls.html

    Medieval Stained Glass

    San Jose State University provides an extensive gallery of expandable images, accessed via pull-down menu and selection from an array. Basic information is given for each.
    http://worldart.sjsu.edu/prt47*1$596

    The Windows of Judson

    History of the stained-glass windows designed by John La Farge in the 1890s for the socially aware, arts-oriented community at Judson Memorial Church, New York, and commentary on their restoration.
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medny/kramer4.html

    Margaret Agnes Rope and Margaret Edith Rope

    Biographies and works of the Rope cousins, who worked in the Arts and Crafts style, with photographs.
    http://www.arthur.rope.clara.net/

    Guadalupe Angels by Joe Beine

    Photographs of the interior of Denver's Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, including many of the stained glass windows.
    http://angeldance.home.att.net/guadalupe/

    Michelli's History of Stained Glass

    Perette Elizabeth Michelli has gathered a collection of links to stained glass resources and added her own commentary, which provides a history.
    http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli/

    Friends of the Windows of St. James Chapel

    Aims to preserve the stained-glass windows created in 1918 by the John J. Kinsella Company at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago. History, campaign news and calendar of events.
    http://www.windows.org/
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    The Art of Incarnation

    Photographs with some explanatory text of the stained-glass windows by New York glassmaker and painter John La Farge in the Church of the Incarnation, New York.
    http://churchoftheincarnation.org/index.html

    Chagall Windows, Jerusalem

    The Synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center has stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall. Expandable thumbnail photographs with commentary.
    http://www.md.huji.ac.il/special/chagall/chagall.html

    The World Through Different Coloured Glasses

    Photographs of in-situ stained glass windows, secular and ecclesiastical, in South East England and the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, courtesy of South London Stained Glass.
    http://www.geocities.com/leadedlights/

    Stained Glass Photography

    A comprehensive guide to the stained glass of William Morris, Henry Holiday, Edward Burne-Jones, Charles Kempe, Louis Tiffany and others in churches throughout the world. From P. Neil Ralley.
    http://www.stainedglassphotography.com/

    Andrew Stoddart of Nottingham

    Clare Edwards provides photographs and a brief biography of this British artist, together with some of his sketches, designs and church windows.
    http://www.andrewstoddart.org.uk/

    Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi

    The British section (funded by the British Academy) of an international survey of stained glass. Searchable image database (with over 10,000 colour images), and online ordering for related publications.
    http://www.cvma.ac.uk/

    Medieval Stained Glass Windows from Esslingen am Neckar

    Exhibit of 13th and 14th-century German stained glass. Full-color images, with commentary on background, techniques, construction, and artistic themes.
    http://home.bawue.de/~wmwerner/essling/english/glas01.html

    The Stained Glass of St Salvator's Chapel

    Information about the windows of this chapel at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, a rare and beautiful example of Late Gothic architecture.
    http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/services/muscoll/glass.html

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