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Matrix
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| Opaque material used as a cement to hold the glass in place in a faceted panel. |
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Medallion
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| A small, bordered picture area of a window, primarily of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. |
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Medieval
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| A time period that included the Romanesque and Gothic periods, also called "The Middle Ages," from about A.D. 500 to 1500. |
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Mouth Blown
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| Glass produced by forcing air, by mouth, through a blowpipe into molten glass. |
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Mullion
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| The vertical strip dividing panes of a window. |
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Muntin
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| The vertical strip dividing panes of a window. |
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Narthex
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| The vestibule, or entrance of a church. |
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Nave
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| The long, central portion of a church auditorium. |
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Negative Painting
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| A reverse glass-painting technique done on the back side of glass, in which the detail is painted before the background. Usually done with unfired paints. |
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Negative Space
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| Any part of a glass window through which no light is transmitted, usually the dark lead line, matrix area of a window and/or an opaque painted area. |
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