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York Glaziers Trust is the oldest and largest specialist stained glass conservation studio in Britain. YGT is a charitable trust dedicated to the care and conservation of historic stained glass in York Minster and throughout the UK. Discover more
- Caring for the GlassYork Minster Revealed
May's Panel of the Month
York Minster, Great East Window, Panel 7g, The War in heaven (Rev 12:7)
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The archangel Michael leads a force of angels in battle against a supine dragon with a purply-red hairy body and a blue head The archangel Michael, who wields a lance which he plunges into the dragon’s jaws, was probably once dressed in a purple mantle, already darkened to black (sable) by the time James Torre saw it in the seventeenth-century. It has since been patched with stop-gaps of medieval glass.
Careful examination of the canopy top and background revealed the original alignment, length and vigorous downward sweep of the sword wielded by the leading angel. The dragon had suffered significant damage, but cleaning and bonding of the surviving glass and introduction of lighter leading has revealed far more of its body.
