THE GREAT EAST WINDOW. 
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things to be painted on the same ; and he shall also paint the 
same as necessary according to the ordinance of the Dean and 
Chapter. 
“ And the aforesaid John shall also provide glass and lead, and 
the workmen, at the expense of the Chapter for the convenience 
of the Dean and Chapter in the same manner as he would work 
if the like had to be done at his own cost and charges. Whereunto 
he shall take his bodily oath. 
“And the said John shall receive of the Dean and Chapter, for 
every week wherein he shall work in his art during the said three 
years, four shillings, and each year of the same three years five 
pounds sterling ; and after the work is completed, ten pounds for 
his reward. 
“ Dated at York the 18th day of December, a.d. 1405.” 
At the top of the tracery is his device— 
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The tracery depicts God enthroned with scroll “I am Alpha 
and Omega” in Latin, surrounded by angels, patriarchs, prophets, 
apostles, kings, queens, confessors, martyrs, archbishops, bishops, 
pilgrims, and saints. 
The three tiers of subjects above the gallery are from the Old 
Testament beginning with the Creation and ending with the death 
of Absolotn. The nine upper ones are under canopies of alternate 
designs. The nine tiers of subjects below the gallery illustrate the 
Revelations of St. John. The lower row consists of popes, kings, 
and bishops, with shields below (fig. 37). 
Each compartment in the window is about a yard square, and 
the figures are from two feet two inches to two feet four inches in 
height. 
