York Minster


York Minster western front

York Minster is a Gothic cathedral in York, England and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe alongside Cologne Cathedral. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the cathedral for the Diocese of York; it is run by a dean and chapter under the Dean of York. The formal title of York Minster is The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York. The title "Minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title. Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.

The minster has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic choir and east end and Early English north and south transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window, (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters Window, each lancet being over 52 ft high. The south transept contains a famous rose window.

Photo 239, May 2011


York Minster western front

Photo 242, May 2011


York Minster, detail near door

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Low Petergate Street with Minster in back

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Minster, the southwest tower

Photo 267, May 2011


Part of walls and the Minster behind

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Minster with Constantine statue in foreground

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From the walls, back of Minster

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From the walls, Minster

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From the walls, Minster

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