Stained-glass windows

Sterpenich, J. and Libourel, G. (2001). Using stained glass windows to understand the durability of toxic waste matrices. Chemical Geology 174 181-193. 

Stohlman, W. F., A Stained Glass Window of the Thirteenth Century, ... 

Vassas, C. D., Chemical, Thermal-Analysis, and Physical Study of Glasses of Medieval Stained-Glass Windows, Int. Congr. Glass, Artistic Hist. Commun., 9th, 1971 (1972) 241-266 (French). 

The aged Hero struck his shield so that it sounded far and wide through the empty city streets. Three times he did the same, signalling at which the lofty stained glass windows of the palace began to brighten from within, and the figures on them moved. 

Throughout this time the figures in the stained-glass windows remained still. The bird displayed his coat of dazzling feathers with endless invention. Hitherto, the aged Hero had been busy with his own, unseen work, when suddenly the King cried out in joy ... 

Colloidal metal nanoparticles, however, have been known for centuries since gold and silver nanoparticles are responsible for the brilliant reds and yellows seen in stained glass windows. Scientific research on metal nanoparticles dates back at least to M. Faraday see, for example, M. Faraday, Philos. Trans. 1857, 147, 145-181. 

They finally arrive at a large rotunda that has an elegant fractal design laid into its marble floor. Large stained-glass windows are on all sides. Various Nephilim are milling about, often speaking in unison, as if they are part of some hive mind. 

Religious sculpture, painting, stained glass windows 43... 

C. D. Vassas, Chemical, Thermal Analysis and Physical Study of Glasses of Mediaeval Stained Glass Windows, Ninth International Congress of Glass Artistic and Historical Communications, Paris, 1972, pp. 241—266. 

THE glorious medieval stained-glass windows of European cathedrals have been the subject of several chemical analyses to support conservation projects, to identify workshops and their practices, and to attempt the association of colors with specific metal ions in various oxidation states. However, little information of this sort has been generated from the beautifully decorated, enameled, and gilded copper ecclesiastical objects used in medieval cathedrals that are recognized under the generic name of Limoges enamels. 

FIGURE 1-13 A beautiful stained glass window in a church in Lavenham, England. 

For anyone who has admired the bright red colors of stained glass windows, it may be surprising to note that this too is a nanoparticle phenomenon. In fact, the reds and yellows observed in these antiquated glasses are typically caused by the presence of... 

Have you ever wondered what produces the gorgeous colors in a stained-glass window or in the rubies, emeralds, and sapphires mounted on a ring Compounds of transition elements are responsible for creating the entire spectrum of colors. 

Q Galena is a major ore of lead. The material that holds a stained glass window together contains lead. 

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