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THE ANCIENT GLASS IN YORK MINSTER. 
The diapers below the lower row of figures have small central 
medallions, namely, the head of Christ between busts of kings and 
bishops, one mitre is adorned with crosses and the other with 
crescents. 
The central border has oak sprigs, cranes, and falcons ; the 
adjacent ones have golden triple-towered castles on red, white 
vases on blue, and golden fleur-de-ly.s on red, and the outer lights 
have foliage of the Oak intertwined about a vertical stem. 
VIII. North-east Window. Five Lights. Re-leaded 1914. 
Christ blessing the Saints. 
In the tracery is a shield azure three piles or for Brian. There is 
a golden sun below. Each canopy has a crocketted gable between 
buttresses finishing with double finials. The crockets and finials 
are of foliage, some being of Oak. The figures are: — 
St. John. St. Peter. Christ. St. Paul. Saint. 
Saint. St. Louis ? Virgin and Jesus. Mutilated. St. James. 
St. John has an olive branch and name “St- Hofjamtcs ” ; St. 
Peter has keys in one hand and a church in the other, and is 
named “ St. Petrus ” ; Christ is enthroned and giving His blessing ; 
St. Paul is with sword ; a saint with olive branch ; another saint 
holding in one hand a palm branch over his shoulder and an open 
book in the other hand ; St. (Louis) is habited in a blue mantle, 
holding an olive branch in one hand and bearing a golden fleur- 
de-lys in the other hand, the head is an insertion ; St. James with 
pilgrims’ staff and shell on his hat. The borders are of ivy and 
oak foliage, but are mutilated. 
In the windows of the Chapter House and its vestibule there are 
represented warriors, ecclesiastics, nobles, and people of all ranks, 
their armour, vestments, and costumes (figs. 28, 29, 30), enabling us 
to realise vividly the life of the Edwardian period. The headgear 
exhibits much variety. Men’s hair was cut short, or only cut 
round the forehead. Some turned their hair up before, or curled 
it over, the forehead. Forked beards were fashionable. Young 
girls and maidens wore their hair in flowing tresses, whilst women 
generally wore it long or had it drawn up and placed in a cap or 
in a net. A few men covered their heads with caps tied under the 
chin, some wore hats of conical form, whilst others wore a mere 
skull cap. Helmets were conical and provided with vizors and 
were much adorned. The work of the mediaeval glass painter 
reflects the life of the time in which he lived. 
