This is medieval stained glass in the higher windows. Possibly the reason why
there is so much nudity there, is that the windows are so high that
one can hardly see what is pictured there. Unless, of course, one has
binoculars or a telephoto lens (neither of which were in existence at
the time the window was made).
It is interesting that
in Gothic cathedrals the meticulously made stained glass windows were
so high that practically nobody could see them. Perhaps they were
made not for the glory of men but for the glory of God, who could see
them.
Of course the cathedral in Toledo is a place where tourists go to see paintings of El Greco, not naked women in some stained glass windows.
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