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Which German city’s cathedral has Romanesque stained-glass windows dating from about 1065?

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Augsburg

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What is the French term for stained glass made from thick slabs of cast glass set in concrete or epoxy?

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Dalle de verre

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Which English cathedral contains the earliest surviving large group of figurative stained-glass windows in Britain?

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Canterbury Cathedral

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Which medieval English cathedral has a Great East Window measuring about 22 metres high?

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Gloucester Cathedral

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What name did Louis Comfort Tiffany give to the iridescent art glass he patented in 1894?

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Favrile glass

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How many large stained-glass windows illuminate Paris’s Sainte-Chapelle?

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15

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Which French cathedral is famous for its 13th-century stained-glass windows dominated by a distinctive cobalt blue?

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Chartres Cathedral

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Which Byzantine church in Istanbul is commonly called the Little Hagia Sophia?

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Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus

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Which Byzantine monastery complex in Constantinople became Istanbul’s Zeyrek Mosque?

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Pantokrator Monastery

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Which Byzantine church in Ravenna is known for its surviving procession of virgins?

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Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo

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Which Byzantine monastery in Phocis is famous for its katholikon mosaics?

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Hosios Loukas

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What is a Byzantine church entrance hall called?

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Narthex

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