Detail, Stained glass window, s.V, St Michael's Spurriergate, York
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Detail, Stained glass window, s.V, St Michael's Spurriergate, York
Image: © Julian P Guffogg Taken: 7 Feb 2015
15th C glass. The left light tracery contains heads and other fragments, below is: (4b) sainted bishop or archbishop with inscription 'S(an)c(tu)s [A]mbrosius', small figure on left, open book on altar on right. (3b) Noah building the Ark. (2b) made-up scene with king, possibly Herod, and donor-figure, also armed figure of mid 14th-century date. (1b) St. Margaret slaying the dragon, with scroll 'S(an)c(t)a margare[ta]' and kneeling donor-figure. In the right hand light, tracery shows a lamb and fragments, below is: (4c) St. John the Baptist with donor. (3c) Drunkenness of Noah. (2c) King and queen seated against tapestry curtain, both richly dressed and with bare feet. (1c) Unidentified scene of young saint with two attendants kneeling before two bearded saints, one seated on throne. Note: The outer two lights (a and d) have been cropped in this image.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.957795
Longitude
-1.08267