03/08/2007 | East Window York Minster

York as a whole and particularly the Minster have a long tradition of creating beautiful stained glass. Some of the stained glass in York Minster dates back to the twelfth century. The 76-foot tall Great East Window, created in the early fifteenth century, is the largest example of medieval stained glass in the world.

Other spectacular windows in the Minster include an ornate rose window and the fifty-foot tall "five sisters" window. Because of the extended time periods during which the glass was installed, different types of glazing and painting techniques that evolved over hundreds of years are visible in the different windows. There are approximately 2 million individual pieces of glass that make up the cathedral's 128 stained glass windows. Much of the glass was removed and pieced back together for the first and second world wars, and the windows are constantly being cleaned and restored to keep their beauty intact. (Wikipedia)

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