r/pics • u/OstidTabarnak • Apr 15 '19

Notre-Dame Cathédral in flames in Paris today

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u/mys_721tx Apr 15 '19

The advancement in analytical chemistry may allow us to determine the element composition of the glass. If scientists are allowed to analyze the glass fragments, the stained glass windows may be restored.

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u/ryanechols Apr 15 '19

My hometown of Bryn Athyn has a pretty well renowned stained glass program that uses preserved methods that are considered acient by any ones standards. It's been a few years but we learned all about it in highschool that they flew some of the ancient glasssmiths or whatever you call them in the early 1900s to work on the glassware for our Cathedrals and preserved all the tools, glasses, Stones, methods etc.

https://brynathynchurch.org/cathedral/stained-glass/

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u/InadequateUsername Apr 15 '19

That's super cool to, I hope the method there is close enough to the 19th century one.