Stained glass & leaded lights

The true meaning of Stained glass refers to glass which has been coloured in some way by adding various metal oxides.
Bede tells us that in AD 674 Benedict Biscop imported French craftsmen to produce glass windows for
St. Peter's monastery at Monkwearmouth and St. Pauls at Jarrow.
The local monks learnt their glassmaking skills from these craftsmen and were able to carry 
on the glass-making tradition at the monastery.


                      

Anglo-Saxon stained glass at St. Pauls Church in Jarrow.
This is the first recorded use of stained glass in Britain.


Leaded lights or lead lights are decorative windows made from separate panes of  glass.
They are held together with H section lead known as cames or calmes.



The joints are soldered with a solder made from a mixture of tin and lead. 
Lead light cement is scrubbed into the lead cames to make the panel weatherproof .
When the lead light cement sets the panel can be cleaned and the glass polished.



   

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