Looking for John Thornton: The Great East Window of York Minster Revisited

Sarah Elizabeth Brown

Looking for John Thornton: The Great East Window of York Minster Revisited

History of Art

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Abstract

The recent conservation of the Great East Window, complemented by a programme of research and recording, has facilitated a reconsideration of the role of the master-glazier John Thornton, contracted in 1405 to lead the team responsible for the making of the window. Past preoccupations with the role of Thornton as glass-painter, the author of a ‘Thornton style’, has obscured his importance as designer and manager of one of the most ambitious glazing schemes ever conceived. Close scrutiny of the window has also shed new light on workshop practices, the use of cartoons, the glazier’s table and the collaborative nature of the late medieval glazing workshop.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	York: Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Subtitle of host publication	The British Archaeological Association Conference Transaction XLVII
Editors	Sarah Brown, Sarah Rees Jones, Tim Ayers
Place of Publication	Abindon and New York
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	133-156
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003181231
ISBN (Print)	9781032019666
Publication status	Published - 20 Jul 2021

Keywords

Stained Glass
York Minster
John Thornton
Conservation stained glass

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Brown, S. E. (2021). Looking for John Thornton: The Great East Window of York Minster Revisited. In S. Brown, S. Rees Jones, & T. Ayers (Eds.), York: Art, Architecture and Archaeology: The British Archaeological Association Conference Transaction XLVII (pp. 133-156). Routledge. https://www-taylorfrancis-com.libproxy.york.ac.uk/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003181231-6/looking-john-thornton-sarah-brown?context=ubx&refId=d20046ca-2fba-4059-a312-da9c1fef7d2b

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Looking for John Thornton: The Great East Window of York Minster Revisited. / Brown, Sarah Elizabeth.
York: Art, Architecture and Archaeology: The British Archaeological Association Conference Transaction XLVII. ed. / Sarah Brown; Sarah Rees Jones; Tim Ayers. Abindon and New York: Routledge, 2021. p. 133-156.

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