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York Minster is the largest cathedral completed during the Gothic period of architecture, Cologne Cathedral only being completed in 1880, after being left uncompleted for 350 years. It has a cruciform plan with an octagonal chapter house attached to the north transept, a central tower and two towers at the west front.
York Minster's Five Sisters window contains the largest expanse of 13th century grisaille glass in the world. [1] It was built c.1250–1260 and is located in the north wall of the north transept of York Minster. The window features in the Guinness Book of Records as "the largest ancient stained-glass window in the British Isles." [2]
Ulm Minster: 5,950 [citation needed] 190,000 2,000 1377–1890 Ulm Germany: Protestant Tallest church in the world [54] York Minster: 5,927 [55] 1230–1472 York United Kingdom: Anglican (Church of England) Largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe. Bourges Cathedral: 5,900 [citation needed] 6,200 [citation needed] 1195–1230 Bourges France
In a bid to reduce its carbon footprint, 184 solar panels are being fitted to York Minster's roof.
Choir practice at York Minster. Cathedrals are places where the Christian rituals particular to a bishop, especially ordination and enthronement, can be performed, and are structured and furnished for these purposes. Each cathedral contains the seat of the local bishop, often literally a large throne.
The Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral. As well as being the head of the cathedral church of the diocese and the metropolitical church of the province, the Dean of York holds preeminence as the Province of York vicar. Since 1939, the deans have resided at York Deanery.
Typically it is lavishly carved and decorated. Those at York Minster and Canterbury Cathedral preserve complete medieval sets of statues of the kings of England. The word pulpitum is applied in ecclesiastical Latin both to this form of screen and also for a pulpit; the secular origin of the term being a theatrical stage, or speaker's dais. [2]
The highest point inside the church (dome presbytery) is 85 meters high 11 Cologne Cathedral: 43.35 m (142.2 ft) [12] Cologne: Germany: Highest height to width ratio of any nave 12 Amiens Cathedral: 42.3 m (139 ft) [13] Amiens: France: 13 Seville Cathedral: 42 m (138 ft) [14] Seville: Spain: Ranked as largest medieval Gothic church 14 Metz ...