Stained glass, with its vibrant hues and intricate designs, has been a storytelling medium for centuries. Beyond its ...

The windows at St. Stephen Catholic Church were designed by Franz Mayer of Munich and owe their brilliance to the Munich style of stained glass, where artists paint relatively large panels of glass.

After detailed scans of the find and a yearslong preservation process, experts identified the material as a 1,600-year-old purple fabric woven with gold threads. Its purple dye, now faded to a red ...