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York Minster

Thomas French

1987154 pagesabout 2–4 hours
1987
first published
  • 1987Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press · ENGISBN 9780197260531
  • 1995Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press · 161 pages · ENGISBN 9780197261361
  • 1999Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press · 154 pages · ENGISBN 9780197262023

York Minster's medieval stained glass is without parallel in England, both for quality and quantity. The great east window, the largest in the Minster, contains some of the finest fifteenth-century glass in Europe. The splendour of its design and layout and the brilliance of its painting and colour, are acknowledged wherever the glass is discussed. The 188 colour and black-and-white illustrations in this volume reveal the tremendous sweep of the window's subject-matter, ranging from the Creation of the World to visionary scenes of the Last Judgement, depicted in dramatic detail.

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