Photo #6



Stained-Glass Roundels
1480–1500, Germany
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Brightly painted windows of stained glass brought colourful light into medieval buildings. Such windows formed large-scale decorative schemes or elaborate stories. These roundels show some of the most widely used images: the Crucifixion, St. Christopher carrying the Infant Christ, and St. Catherine. Religious imagery was used in many different contexts, from churches to jewellery.

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