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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]
The minster retains most of its medieval stained glass, a significant survival among European churches. [9] The east window, which depicts the Last Judgment, is the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world.
Thornton's depiction of St John the Baptist, from the Great East Window of York Minster, showing his characteristic treatment of faces. John Thornton of Coventry (fl. 1405–1433) was a master glazier and stained glass artist active in England during the 15th century. The output of his workshop includes some of the finest English medieval glass.
This rare view is approximately 78 feet up at the apex of York Minster's Great East Window and is the first completed section of the country's largest single expanse of medieval stained glass.
R.W.B. Hornby memorial window at York Minster. Charles Kempe was born at Ovingdean Hall, near Brighton, East Sussex in 1837. He was the youngest son of Nathaniel Kemp (1759–1843), a cousin of Thomas Read Kemp, a politician and property developer responsible for the Kemptown area of Brighton [1] [note 1] and the maternal grandson of Sir John Eamer, who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1801.
William Peckitt (1731 – 14 October 1795) was an English glass-painter and stained glass maker. He was based in York throughout his working life, was one of the leading Georgian glass craftsmen in England and helped "keep the art of glass painting alive during the eighteenth century". [1]
Medieval stained glass is the colored and painted glass of medieval Europe from the 10th century to the 16th century. For much of this period stained glass windows were the major pictorial art form, particularly in northern France, Germany and England, where windows tended to be larger than in southern Europe (in Italy, for example, frescos were more common).
Experts have started to remove all 152 panels from the St Cuthbert Window – many of which are nearly 600 years old – to be cleaned and repaired.
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