6 
JOHN BROWNE. 
Histor}^ of the ^linster.” On the 27th, the Architectural Section 
met in the Museum Theatre, under the presidency of Prof. Willis, 
when Browne gave an account of some Norman masonry which he 
had found in the upper part of the iNlinster great tower, between 
the vaulting and tire aisle roof at the S.W. angle. At the 
Exhibition of Antiquities held in St. Peter’s School in the Minster 
Yard, he exhibited tracings of the Minster glass. x\t the con¬ 
clusion of the meeting the Dean of Hereford announced that a 
cop\^ of Mr. Browne’s valuable work on York klinster had been 
purchased for the Archaeological Institute Library. 
The History of the Minster was completed by the issue of Part 
33 in March, 1847. The price of the work was ;^i2 7s. 6d., or on 
India paper ^17 6s. 6d. The subscribers numbered 246 and in 
addition to the names alread}- given, included the Archbishop of 
Canterbur33 the Dean of Windsor, George Hudson, Pugin, Dr. 
Rock, Dr. Lingard, and Willement. 
The work Avas bound in two volumes, one being devoted to the 
150 sheets of illustrations. The original etched plates were sub¬ 
sequently destroyed. The author considered that most of the 
ornamental foliage in the Minster and similar edifices was derived 
from the small plant, the water avens or Hevha Bmedicta. He gave 
plans of the excavations shoAving the revealed Norman Crypt, the 
plan of St. Sepulchre’s College, N.W. end of the INIinster, and the 
concrete plan of an earlier edifice. With tlie historical portion of 
the Avork and the translation of the mediacA'al Latin documents, 
BroAvne Avas helped by the ReAC Charles WellbeloA^ed and George 
Goldie, M.D. 
Thirteen of the plates Avere hand-coloured and deAmted to the 
Norman glass, the “Live Sisters,” and the floral diapered patterns 
in the Chapter House. The geometrical patterns of thed‘FiA'e 
Sisters ” appealed to the glass painters, and up and doAvn the 
countr}’, and more especiall}^ about York, the designs for church 
Avindows for a considerable time Avere based on that of theFiA^e 
Sisters.” 
For the Archaeological Institute Meeting in 1846, BroAvne ex¬ 
amined the glass in the parish churches and in the Proceedings 
contributed notes of the same to the^Architectural Notes of I. H. 
Parker. 
The large amount of mediaeval painted glass Avith its Avealth of 
heraldrj’ in the klinster led BroAvne to devote a separate AVork to 
the Glass and Heraldry. To accomplish this task Avas no eas}’ 
