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Stained glassmaker’s workbenches

Stained glassmaker’s workbenches, 14th century. Tempera painting on chestnut wood, 123 x 39 x 2.5 cm. Santa Maria Cathedral, Girona. Girona Art Museum - Bishopric of Girona Collection.

Stained glassmaker’s workbenches, 14th century. Tempera painting on chestnut wood, 123 x 39 x 2.5 cm. Santa Maria Cathedral, Girona. Girona Art Museum - Bishopric of Girona Collection.

These workbenches, found in Girona Cathedral, served for all the process of preparation of the stained glass windows in the cathedral presbytery.

With a punched, the glazier marked the images for the window on the whitened surface of the table. This drawing was then used as a guide for cutting the glass with a red-hot iron and setting them in lead.

A study of the table surfaces with ultra-violet light has revealed, beneath the geometric markings on one of the surfaces, a drawing of Our Lady which coincides with that of the Annunciation window.

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