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THE ANCIENT GLASS IN YORK MINSTER. 
The shields are in geometric panels and bear the arms of Percy, 
Clare, and Vavasour. 
The figures in the central light and quatrefoil are on a blue 
ground, the others are on a red background. 
The border to each light has an upright stem of Oak with leaf 
curling over at short intervals on a red and green ground. 
In 1846 the mullions to the window were renewed and the glass 
restored by Barnett and Sons, of York. 
III. South Aisle, West Window. Three Lights. 
“ Crucifixion." 
The symmetrical treatment of the whole window (fig. 31) is de¬ 
parted from; the lights are not repeated; the central one nearly 
dispenses with the canopy and is occupied to the top with the sub¬ 
ject, and has a small panel below. Each side light has a figure 
under a lofty tabernacled canopy. 
Each quatrefoil contains a saint, the upper one being the Baptist 
holding a disc with the “Agnus Dei,’' the lower ones have female 
saints, one with a book and the other with a pix. 
The canopy has a trefoiled pointed arch with crocketted gable 
and quatrefoil ridge, above is a tabernacle of two stories, the lower 
having a two-light window with cinquefoil, and the upper a niche 
containing a figure kneeling. 
B. Virgin. Crucifixion. St. John. 
Figure kneeling. 
The central light depicts Christ nailed to the Cross, which has 
a scroll above inscribed “ inri.” At the base of the Cross are 
soldiers in mail armour and long surcoats, one has shin and knee 
plates and holds up a tall spear, the other holds a reed with sponge 
at the end. Around the figure of Christ are four small cherubims. 
The canopy has two trefoiled gablets, and between them is a short 
spire. The panel in the base shows a kneeling figure within an 
ogee arch. The whole has been restored. 
Th e southern light contains a figure of the Blessed Virgin 
holding a clasped book, and in the corresponding light is St. John. 
The backgrounds of the panels have a rich foliaged pattern. 
The side lights have borders per pale red and green. A covered 
cup alternates with a golden castle having portcullis. In 1760, 
Peckett repaired the Cross and inserted two new faces. 
