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Stained Glass Window
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York as a whole, and particularly the minster, have a long tradition of creating beautiful stained glass. Some of the stained glass in York Minster dates back to the 12th century. The Minsters records show that much of the glass (white or coloured) came from Germany. Upon arrival at York, it was intricately painted, fired, then glazed together with lead strips into the windows.
Because of the extended time periods during which the glass was installed, different types of glazing and painting techniques which evolved over hundreds of years are visible in the different windows. Approximately two million individual pieces of glass make up the cathedrals stained glass windows. Much of the glass was removed before and pieced back together after the First and Second World Wars, and the windows are continually cleaned and conserved to keep their beauty intact.
