NORMAN GLASS. 
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A panel ioj inches wide, and 3 feet 3 inches high, containing on 
a red ground the figure of a sainted bishop seated under a half- 
round arched shrine, is illustrated by Browne (fig. 3). 1 This panel 
is the forerunner of the figure and canopy treatment. This figure 
probably shows St. Richarius who founded the abbeys of St. 
Riquier and Forest Montier in France. He died about 645 and 
was a popular saint with the Normans, who dedicated a church 
to him at x\berford about sixteen miles from York. 
A panel in the nave clerestory, on the north side and the first 
light in the second window from the west, is 2 feet 4 inches wide 
and contains on a blue background one figure of a Jesse window 
(fig. 4). 2 It dates from about 1130, and depicts a man seated 
between branches, which he grasps on either side. The Jesse or 
Tree of Jesse is a representation of the genealogy of Jesus, in 
which the ancestors are placed amidst foliaged branches. The 
pedigree given by St. Matthew (ch. i.) from Abraham to Joseph 
gives forty names, whilst that of St. Luke (ch. iii.) from Christ to 
Adam and God has seventy-seven names. The latter pedigree 
was displayed about the year 1200 in the Choir of Canterbury and 
occupied forty-nine clerestory windows. 
In the Norman coloured glass the ornament is drawn with 
vigour ; from stiff foliage rise bold leaves which fold over grace¬ 
fully and finish with curved indented edges. The ornament is 
emphasised in bright colours of red, green, and yellow, on a plain 
blue ground, producing a rich effect. 
1 Browne’s “York Minster,” pi. cxix. coloured; 2 pi. cxxm. coloured. 
