Making Stained Glass Windows in Pluscarden

Much of the technical development of glass in north western Europe arose from the desire to glorify God (and protect the congregation from cold) with stained glass windows. Here we see Brother Cyprian cutting and fitting of glass into a window frame in the workshop of the Benedictine Abbey of Pluscarden in northern Scotland. The effects of stained glass on ideas of light and optics in the flourishing of medieval western sciences are considerable.

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shot on 2nd August, 1999. Camera: Mike Coles.