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The makers of stained glass were declared exempt from taxes at the end of the 15th century by King Charles V of France. [25] Stained glass artists also began to have a wider variety of clients; not only kings but also wealthy aristocrats and merchants. Windows were made not only for cathedrals but also for town halls and palatial residences.
Feathering – creating feather-like patterns on a glass by dragging a metal tool across the surface of a newly applied wrap. Frit – crushed glass often melted onto other glass to produce patterns and color; Incalmo – the grafting or joining together, while still hot, of two separately blown glass [bubbles] to produce a single [bubble]. [4]
Interior, with stained glass windows. Altar—golden and handmade in Lyons, France. Facade in Venetian Gothic Revival and Moorish Revival styles. Immaculate Conception church, locally known as Jesuit church, is a Roman Catholic church in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The monk Theophilus Presbyter described glass-production in minute detail early in the 12th century in his treatise Schedula diversum artium - the glass-painter was to trace the composition of a window on a panel of bleached wood, before cutting the glass sections on it and finally painting and assembling them.
Carte de la Louisiane, or Map of Louisiana, Histoire de la Louisiane (1757) Le Page lived at Natchez from 1720 to 1728 under the colonization scheme organized by John Law and the Company of the Indies. His familiarity with the local Natchez, and knowledge of their language and customs, is the basis for some of the unique aspects of his writings.
LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said around 500 inmates were being evacuated from one jail and taken to another facility. Inmates at two jails made from concrete were not in harms way, said Luna ...
About thirty works have been attributed to him. For certain works, the name of Jean Chastellain appears in contracts; for others, the attribution was made by stylistic comparison. Jean Lafond attributed to him the stained glass window of the Canaanite Prayer in the cathedral of Bayonne, and the stained glass window of the Incredulity of Saint Thomas in the Saint-Aspais chu