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Italian Renaissance stained glass, (1898). 'Fig 1: From the National Museum in the Bargello at Florence, taken by H. Dolmetsch. Figs 2-8: From the Certosa [del Galluzzo] near Florence (by Giovanni da Udine), taken by Reg.-Baumeister Borkhardt and Architect Eckert in Stuttgart'. Ornate painted glass windows of the 16th century, featuring grotesque designs of cherubs and mythical creatures. Plate 45 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)