We continue yesterday’s blog with more up-close views of the east stained glass windows from the York Minster Cathedral. The artist depicts the book of Revelation in these windows, and in the panel above we see the seven thunders across the top and the angel in the center (red wings outstretched) as he tells Saint John in the bottom right to not record what the seven thunders told him.
The windows on display at the York Minster–the ones you see here–have already been restored. They will be returned to their place in the east end of the church (the apse) once all panels have been completed. The conservators sometimes have had to replace entire images; for example, one of the thunder’s heads had to be replaced in the panel above.
In the above two pictures we see Saint John’s glimpse of God in majesty. The Saint is peeking through a box-shaped hole in the bottom left, and the scrolls around God are covered with words of praise offered by the four creatures.
Also in the panel of God’s majesty, we see three gossiping cherubs (top left) and wonderfully detailed and serene angels.
Restoration of the east end windows is expected to take a total of five years.
