English Gothic stained glass windows
English Gothic stained glass windows were an important feature of English Gothic architecture, which appeared between the late 12th and late 16th centuries. They evolved from narrow windows filled with a mosaic of deeply-coloured pieces of glass into gigantic windows that filled entire walls, with a full range of colours and more naturalistic figures. In later windows, the figures were often coloured with silver stain, enamel paints and flashed glass. Later windows used large areas of white glass, or grisaille, to bring more light into the interiors.
English Gothic stained glass windows
Seth and Adam Window, from Canterbury Cathedral (late 12th – early 13th c.)
Face from the Thomas Becket window at Canterbury Cathedral (late 12th – early 13th c.)
Reverse of the Thomas Becket window, showing leading and iron bars (late 12th-early 13th c.)
York Minster, formally the "Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York", is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York. It is administered by its dean and chapter. The minster is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument.
The southern façade of the cathedral including the rose window on the south transept.
The nave of York Minster
Etching by William Martin, brother of arsonist Jonathan Martin
Firemen inspect damage the day after the fire in 1984
