York Minster, Anglophile Friday

Rood Screen, York Minster

A couple weeks ago, my Anglophile Friday was on the topic of York Minster. Here are a few more photos we took at York Minster, the largest Gothic Cathedral in northern Europe.

The gorgeous Kings Screen (or pulpitim) dividing the choir from the nave

Pipe organ above

Want to attend a Christmas Concert at York Minster? Check it out HERE. BTW, David Pipe is the organist - how appropriate.

York Minster, South Side

From YorkMinster.org:

Minster:

Torward the end of the sixth century, Pope Gregory sent Christian missionaries to convert Saxon England. They built churches to be centres for worship and as bases from which they would go to preach in the surrounding countryside. Priests lived there communally though not necessarily as monks subject to the rule of St. Benedict. Such a centre was known as a monasterium. This word entered the Saxon language as mynster. Today the spelling has changed and the word Minster describes many different types of church building, from small parish churches to large cathedrals such as York.

A cathedral is the most important church in a bishop's diocese, the geographical area over which he has authority. In the early days of the church, a bishop wore the same vestments (clothes) as any other priest. To distinguish him as the leader he was given a chair on which only he could sit, in the same way that in secular society, the king was given a throne. In both Greek and Latin, the word for chair is 'cathedra.' From this, the word 'cathedral' has been derived.'

The Great West Window

From 1338

Carvings from the Portal

Scenes from the Account of Creation

The Stairway

No passing lane

Window above west door

Stained Glass Window

Depicting the Family Tree of Jesus

This photo and the one following may have been taken in the York Minster Chapter House.

I should have taken a notebook to number and identify my photos!

See more shots of York Minster and read some of its history at Sacred Destinations.

OR  YorkMinster.org

My favorite shot of York.

We were at the top of the Minster, watching the snow fall on those beautiful old tile roofs.

(Why is the plural of roof 'roofs,' 

when the plural of hoof is hooves??)

Have a great weekend, everyone!

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