Stained glass - Canterbury Cathedral
Discover the story of Canterbury Cathedral through its soaring architecture, beautiful medieval stained glass and the history that helped make and shape the Cathedral. Only £5 per person, plus admission charge.
Stained Glass in Canterbury Cathedral
Many of the windows of Canterbury Cathedral contain stained glass, in fact there is around 1200m 2 of stained glass in the Cathedral as a whole. The oldest glass in the building dates from the twelfth century and is over 840 years old. These particular windows show the genealogies (family trees) of biblical figures.
Stained glass | Canterbury Cathedral
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Canterbury Cathedral stained glass is among world's oldest - BBC
2021年7月26日 · New research indicates that some stained glass windows from Canterbury Cathedral may be among the oldest in the world. The panels, depicting the Ancestors of Christ, have been re-dated...
Canterbury Cathedral Stained Glass - Recent Discoveries and …
The stained glass in Canterbury Cathedral is one of its greatest highlights but our knowledge of it is ever evolving. For many years the oldest glass was thought to date from around 1176-8, showing a figure of Adam delving in the Garden of Eden.
Canterbury Cathedral's 12th-Century Stained Glass May Be …
2021年7月28日 · Some of the stained glass at England’s Canterbury Cathedral may have been created as early as the 1130s—a timeline that would make the panels the oldest surviving stained glass windows...
Canterbury Stained Glass - Getty
These surviving 12th-century windows from Canterbury Cathedral representing the ancestors of Christ are among the oldest panels of stained glass in England. They are significant examples of what was at the time a relatively new art—monumental stained glass.
South Window (stained glass) – Canterbury Historical and …
The view of the south west transept is dominated by the massive stained glass window on the south side – known as the Great South Window (Image 1). This is the largest window in the cathedral, 55ft high and approaching 25ft wide. It was originally built around 1430, using stone from Caen in France.
The Stained Glass Windows of Canterbury Cathedral (by Neil …
2014年10月28日 · A place of renown, it is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury and forms part of a World Heritage Site. Amongst its many distinguishing features, its stained-glass windows are amongst the oldest and finest in the western world.
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL AND THE ROYAL WINDOW
2020年9月14日 · The original stained glass panel depicting Cicely/Mary is now in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow where it also is identified as Cicely. However the figure John Ashdown-Hill identified as Cicely ( the daughter with the restored face, last figure on the right) at Canterbury is clearly identified at the bottom of the glass as Mary/ Marie.