Glasgow's museums run the Boppard Conservation Project, a major reference for the study of stained glass. Which Middle Eastern city, a historic glassmaking hub of Syria alongside Raqqa and Damascus, produced highly transparent colourless and gilded glass during the Islamic period as another centre of this craft's history?

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Aleppo. Under Islamic rule, Syria's glass industry had major centers at Raqqa, Aleppo, and Damascus, producing clear and gilded stained glass. In Glasgow, the Glasgow Museums' Boppard Conservation Project is a leading reference on European stained glass, from pot metal glass to silver stain techniques.