The Mediaeval Glass of York Minster

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The apathy of the public towards the restoration of the glass of bur old cathedrals was probably due to the fact that they did not realise what a unique treasure it really was. In making the bold claim that the stained glass of York Minster constituted the finest collection of thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth century glass in existence, he did not think he was in any way exaggerating. There could surely be nothing finer in the world than, say, the Five Sisters window dating from the thirteenth century; or the great east window dating from 1405.

W. Foxley Norris