Our next window from York Minster is a less ornately decorated one, but still impressive.
The central figure is that of St. Michael the Archangel slaying the dragon.
You might want to click on the image above to see the full-size photograph; the detailing in the figure of St. Michael is well worth taking the time to really look at.
At the top of the window you can find the arms of St. Peter, Gules two keys in saltire wards upwards or. The arms here were, according to John Toy in A Guide and Index to the Windows of York Minster, originally those of the Dean and Chapter of York, but have had the tiara in chief removed.
And at the base of the window, we find the badge of the York Civic Trust, which we have seen before in our perambulations around the City of York.
As noted before, this badge dimidiates Azure a fleur-de-lys or with Gules a crowned lion's face or (the golden border here is not typically a part of the badge, as you can see by a simple image search on-line for "York Civic Trust"), thus reflecting in simplified form the Plantagenet arms of England, Quarterly: 1 and 4, France ancient (later France modern); and 2 and 3, England.
But really, in addition to the heraldry in this window, please note all of the detail in both the images and the surrounding lozenge-shaped panes of glass.
What a great example of the painter/stainer's art here!
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