Stained glass in York Minster
The Great East window of York Minster is currently undergoing restoration. The window is covered with a large photograph, and the restored pieces are shown to visitors in a small dark room-hemisphere. There is space for five pieces of stained glass: four pieces are kept there all the time, and the fifth one is replaced once a month.
These are small fragments of one of the pieces. Chatty angels.
The stained glass shows Jesus Christ and the animal symbols of the four Evangelists. The calf is a symbol of Luke.
The eagle is a symbol of John.
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The lion is a symbol of Mark.. |
The angel is a symbik of Matthew. |
A trumpeting angel.
A dragon with seven heads is threatening a pastor (one head is not visible).
Everybody is scared.
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Other fragments of the same piece. The level of detail is amazing: look at the ear ring.
An angel is reading...
Everybody is attentive...
They are listening...
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Probably St John is looking up to Jesus. |
A fragment of stained glass with seven churches. |
An angel is hovering over crumbling Babylon. The city is pictured with great details: walls, roofs, windows, churches...
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Other fragments. The old man on the left has golden rings.
