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During the 14th and 15th century, many churches and palaces for civil institutions were built in Catalonia. These constructions generated a rich set of documents which have been partially preserved. These documents have become an indispensable instrument to allow us to understand the material aspects of this period. The stained glass windows, being an essential element of the gothic aesthetics, are far from absent. In the texts which have been preserved, such as notary protocols, official documents of civil power e Town Council, Royal Palaces, Commercial Institutions e or written documents deriving from accounting institutions, we found amongst many other pieces of information, notes referring to the materials used to make or repair stained glass windows. However, the explanations given are not normally very enlightening and thus it is necessary to put together both the information obtained and the technical process of this period with our present-day knowledge of these materials. Only this way, we are able to interpret the meaning of these texts and understand the use of these materials. We found documents which refer to payments for various tools (pliers, grozing tools, soldering

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Author

Maria del Carme Domínguez Rodés; Sílvia Cañellas Martínez

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Masson; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1296-2074)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Physical Sciences)