York_Minster_window_n16_"The_Five_sisters"_(16157008236).jpg


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These five lancet windows date from around 1260, contemporary with the building of the north transept at the Minster. The grisaille glass contains about 100,000 individual pieces. It was re-leaded in 1923-5 using 13th century lead from Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire. There is one medallion of 12th C glass at the bottom of the central lancet, containing blue glass with a high soda content. Each lancet is 16.3m tall.

Pic by Jenny.
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Source York Minster window n16 "The Five sisters"
Author Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK
Camera location 53° 57′ 44.36″ N, 1° 04′ 56.52″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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Five Sisters window, York Minster

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19 April 2014

53°57'44.359"N, 1°4'56.521"W