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THE ANCIENT GLASS IN YORK MINSTER. 
VIII. South Aisle (second window from east). Three Lights. 
The Birth of Jesus — St. Edward the Confessor—Fall of Ouse Bridge. 
The tracery glass in this window (fig. 27). is dated 1782. The 
upper canopies are similar to those in Window VII. The lower 
ones have a cinquefoiled arch bearing a niche between pilasters. 
The upper subjects illustrate the Annunciation, Nativity, and 
Adoration and all are mutilated. In the latter a prophet holding 
a dart has been inserted. The lower subjects show an angel with 
a saint, St. Edward the Confessor giving his ring to St. John, 
clothed in camel’s skin ; a figure standing and another kneeling 
near a tree. 
R 
Annunciation. 
B 
Nativity. 
B 
Angel and Saint. 
R 
Edward the Confessor 
giving his ring to a beggar. 
R 
Adoration ? 
Two Figures 
near a tree. 
The central border has figures under niches. The side borders 
have, on a red ground, white falcons with sprigs of oak leaves and 
acorns, at the top the falcons are squeezed to fit the curve.. The 
white panels in the side lights are diapered with the Oak. 
Six subjects have been inserted in the base, probably those from 
another window. The upper ones show :—a mutilated subject 
under a gable. The collapse of a two-arched bridge from the life 
of St. William, with the head of a Pope inserted. A double niche 
with two figures, one mutilated, the other being that of St. Margaret 
treading on a dragon. The lower subjects show :—under a double 
niche, two figures, one of whom is standing; a figure; and a woman 
reading at a desk. 
IX. South Aisle (third from east). Three Lights. 
The “ Ripplinghani ” Window — St. John. 
This window was the gift of Robert de Ripplinghani, Chancellor 
of the Minster from 1297 to 1332. 
The upper quatrefoil figure is mutilated, The lower two contain 
crowned figures of St. Catherine and St. Margaret respectively, 
the former between wheels and the latter with cross and trampling 
on a dragon is between a double triangle with central disc. 
