Sumptuously illustrated, including twenty-five pages of colour capturing the full palette of the original glass

This next stage in Tom French's majestic treatment of York Minster's glass covers the vast and brilliantly coloured St William Window.

The medieval stained glass of York Minster constitutes the largest single collection in England. The wide range of iconographical content and artistic excellence gives it outstanding importance in the study of the medieval world.

York has provided only one saint -  William Fitzherbert (archbishop 1143-54). His tomb in the nave and later shrines in the choir were conspicuous elements in the medieval Minster. His most important surviving monument, however, is the 78 foot high stained glass window in the choir, painted c. 1414 and funded by the Yorkshire Ros barony. This illustrates, in ninety-five large panels, the ups and downs of his career, his death (allegedly by poisoning), and posthumous miracles - mostly occurring at his tomb or shrine.

This catalogue provides an extraordinary visual record of late medieval devotion to the saints, in a window of outstanding beauty.

It complements Tom French's study of York Minster: The Great East Window.