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Which of the following is a characteristic of Gothic stained-glass windows?

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They were made by painting pictures and designs on a huge sheet of clear glass.

They were made by painting pictures and designs on a huge sheet of clear glass.

Their complex imagery was intended for the cathedral’s bishop to understand.

Their complex imagery was intended for the cathedral’s bishop to understand.

They were an inexpensive yet beautiful way to illuminate a cathedral.

They were an inexpensive yet beautiful way to illuminate a cathedral.

They depict biblical stories and figures that illiterate people could understand.

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They depict biblical stories and figures that illiterate people could understand.

Gothic stained glass used colored glass and lead cames to create pictorial narratives and saints' lives, serving as visual teaching tools for mostly illiterate congregations—not cheap, nor made from a single sheet of clear glass.