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» AmeriGlas History of Stained Glass - Quick coverage of early glass history, then concentration on American developments in stained glass, including Louis Comfort Tiffany and Frank Lloyd Wright.
» Andrew Stoddart Stained Glass Artist (1876 -1941) - Clare Edwards provides photographs and a brief biography of this British artist, together with some of his sketches, designs and church windows.
» British Society of Master Glass Painters - An organisation dedicated to the art and craft of stained glass, promoting the conservation, restoration and history of stained glass and painted glass.
» 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.
» Churchmouse: Stained Glass - Many photographs of stained glass by Charles Kempe and others, in close-up, from Churchmouse.
» Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi - The British Academy describes its cataloguing of medieval window glass in Britain by area. Lists of volumes published.
» 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.
» Greenock Old West Kirk, Greenock - Church in Scotland noted for its stained glass by Burne-Jones, Cottier and Rossetti. The official site gives a history and photographs.
» 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.
» 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. Can order the catalog.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» Pendle Stained Glass - English company that restores, designs and sells stained glass windows. Their Victorian window sales gallery includes information about the window design companies of the time.
» Stained Glass Photography - A comprehensive guide, with many high quality photographs, 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.
» 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.
» The History of Stained Glass - Polish glass artist Witraze gives an outline of the development of stained glass from the 10th to 19th centuries, with insights into its architectural use and symbolism.
» The Margarets Rope, Stained Glass Artists - Biographies and works of the cousins Margaret Agnes Rope and Margaret Edith Rope, who worked in the Arts and Crafts style, with numerous illustrations.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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'.
» 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.
» 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'.
» 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.
» University of York - History of Art - Bibliography of art historical books having to do with stained glass and other medieval subjects by Dr Richard Marks, FSA.