The Arms of a Very Popular Saint at York Minster

We've now come to the last of our pictures of heraldry in York Minster, and I'm going to end our journey here with a couple of depictions of a saint who seems to be very popular here, given how many times we have seen his attributed coat of arms in the cathedral: Saint Peter.

Those arms are blazoned: Gules two keys in saltire wards to chief or.

First, we find these arms in yet another stained glass window:

This window dates way back; in the lower right panel there are three dates (presumably those of its installation and when it has been repaired/replaced): circa 1310, 1789, and 1950!

And in the lower left panel of the window, we find the attributed arms of St. Peter:

And in another part of the cathedral, we find, within one photograph, two depictions of these same arms:

The shield at the base of the ironwork decoration is easy to see here, but if you look closely (and you can click on the image above to go to the full-size photograph), there is another shield on the ceiling behind the ironwork, above and a little to the right of the shield in front, bearing these same arms. (Because of the bright light illuminating the ceiling, the red of the shield looks a little washed out here. The camera I use can only compensate so much, you see.)

And here's a close-up of the arms of St. Peter on the ironwork:

And so, with these examples of the attributed arms of St. Peter, we end our travels both in the City of York and in York Minster. I hope that you have enjoyed seeing all of these examples of the heraldry to be found there!