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THE ANCIENT GLASS IN YORK CHURCHES. 
Our Lord is in a loose cloak and is holding a bannered crozier. 
St. John is with palm branch and holds a disc, having on it a 
golden eagle. The donor is praying, Qomtne miserere met ” (on 
label). The background depicts the Hawthorn. On either side 
are medallions with the letter TL and 1R respectively, the latter 
with a mullet. 
The borders are heraldic, the central one having the lily of 
France alternating with the lion of England, whilst the side 
borders show castles with portcullis half-down, interchanged with 
covered cups having fleur-de-lys tops. 
IV. North Aisle Window. Five Lights. Flowing Tracery. 
Amongst the five compartments of painted glass in the tracery 
are a figure in the corner of one, and part of a shield (Old France) 
consisting of fleur-de-lys on a fretty background. 
Each light has four vesica-shaped panels, but the figures have 
gone, and each of the 20 panels is a medley of painted glass in 
which occur two heads, one being that of a bishop. 
V. East Window. Five Lights. Rectilinear Tracery. 
Crucifixion — St. Denis. 
In the apex are four figures. There are two smaller figures in 
the apex of each sub-arch. The canopies are octagonal and pin¬ 
nacled, and rest on buttresses with niched figures. 
St. Christopher. 
Scrope of Masham. 
St. James. - 
Scrope of Masham. 
St. John. St. Denis. 
Saint. B. Virgin. Crucifixion. 
Coronation. 
Our Lord hangs from the arms of a tau-cross, into a cup flows 
a stream of blood from the left arm. St. John holds a book 
doubly clasped, and with his right hand touches his face. St. 
Denis, the patron saint of the church, is represented headless, but 
with nimbus, and holding in both hands a decapfitated mitred 
head, illustrating his martyrdom. The backgrounds to all the 
figures have bands across them. The “ coronation ” panel is an 
insertion, and shows a king enthroned, before whom kneels a 
bishop. _ 
VI. South Aisle, East Window. Four Lights. 
The lower part of window has three tiers of panels filled with 
fragments, amongst which are the following :—A female head with 
