Rate: Britain's Most Fragile Treasure
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[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 84
Released: 2011-10-12
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0161dgq
Studios: BBC Four,
Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass. At 78 feet in height, the famous East Window at York Minster is the largest medieval stained-glass window in the country and it was the creative vision of a single artist - a mysterious master craftsman called John Thornton, one of the earliest named English artists. The East Window of York Minster is far more than a work of artistic genius, it is a window onto the medieval world and the medieval mind - telling us who were once were and who we still are, all preserved in the most fragile medium of all.