The glass of All Saints, North Street, York

 

 

The Windows

LORD, how can man preach thy eternall word?
He is a brittle crazie glasse:
Yet in thy temple thou dost him afford
This glorious and transcendent place
To be a window, through thy grace.
 
But when thou dost anneal in glasse thy storie,
Making thy life to shine within
Thy holy Preachers; then the light and glorie
More rev’rend grows, & more doth win:
Which else shows watrish, bleak, & thin.
 
Doctrine and life, colours and light, in one
When they combine and mingle, bring
A strong regard and aw: but speech alone
Doth vanish like a flaring thing,
And in the eare, not conscience ring.

- George Herbert

 

The church of All Saints, North Street, York was damaged by fire early in 1997, and was closed for repairs for some months. It reopened in early November 1997, and its world famous C14 and C15 painted glass can again be viewed. This pictures here were taken in close-up from scaffolding during a general restoration of the church some years ago. There is also a comprehensive description of the glass.

Description

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NORTH AISLE

East Window

SOUTH AISLE

East Window

First Window from the East

Second Window from the East

Third Window from the East

Fourth Window from the East

Fifth Window from the East

East Window

First Window from the East

Second Window from the East

Third Window from the East

Fourth Window from the East

Fifth Window from the East

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