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Stained Glass
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1 Colored glass has been produced since ancient times. Both the Egyptians and the Romans excelled at the manufacture of small colored glass objects. Phoenicia was important in glass manufacture with its chief centers Sidon, Tyre and Antioch. The British Museum holds two of the finest Roman pieces, the Lycurgus Cup, which is a murky mustard color but glows purple-red to transmitted light, and the Portland vase which is midnight blue, with a carved white overlay.
2 In early Christian churches of the 4th and 5th centuries, there are many remaining windows which are filled with ornate patterns of thinly-sliced alabaster set into wooden frames, giving a stained-glass like effect.
3 Evidence of stained glass windows in churches and monasteries in Britain can be found as early as the 7th century. The earliest known reference dates from 675 AD when Benedict Biscop imported workmen from France to glaze the windows of the monastery of St Peter which he was building at Monkwearmouth. Hundreds of pieces of colored glass and lead, dating back to the late 7th century, have been discovered here and at Jarrow.
4 In the Middle East, the glass industry of Syria continued during the Islamic period with major centers of manufacture at Ar-Raqqah, Aleppo and Damascus and the most important products being highly transparent colorless glass and gilded glass, rather than colored glass. The production of colored glass in Southwest Asia existed by the 8th century, at which time the alchemist Jābir ibn Hayyān, in Kitab al-Durra al-Maknuna, gave 46 recipes for producing coloured glass and described the technique of cutting glass into artificial gemstones.
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Which best expresses the central idea of this passage?
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A In the Middle East, the glass industry of Syria continued in the major centers of manufacture at Ar-Raqqah, Aleppo and Damascus.In the Middle East, the glass industry of Syria continued in the major centers of manufacture at Ar-Raqqah, Aleppo and Damascus.
B Evidence of stained glass windows in churches and monasteries in Britain can be found as early as the 7th century.Evidence of stained glass windows in churches and monasteries in Britain can be found as early as the 7th century.
C Phoenicia was important in glass manufacture with its chief centers Sidon, Tyre and Antioch.Phoenicia was important in glass manufacture with its chief centers Sidon, Tyre and Antioch.
D The production of colored glass has an eminent and long history all over Europe.The production of colored glass has an eminent and long history all over Europe.
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