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Glossary

 


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Reflected Glass
Light being reflected off the surface of glass as opposed to transmitted light.

Reglet
A "U" shaped groove in wood or stone used for setting a window.

Reinforcing Rod
Galvanized steel rods of bars used to prevent a stained glass window from sagging of bowing.

Renaissance
The reintroduction of classical styles in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Rendering
A thumbnail sketch, which is usually a color sketch of the proposed window(s).

Reredos
The screen at the back of the altar.

Ring Mottled
Opaque glass with spots of a translucent color.

Ripple Glass
Machin-rolled glass, the rippled texture of which is imprinted from the roller.

Rolled Glass
Sheet glass formed by a roller flattening the glass into sheets.

Romanesque
A style founded on Roman principles, most prevalent in architecture in western Europe from the ninth through the twelfth centuries.

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