Britain’s Most Fragile Treasure
Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass. At 78 feet in height, the famous East Window at York Minster is the largest medieval stained-glass window in the country and it was the creative vision of a single artist – a mysterious master craftsman called John Thornton, one of the earliest named English artists. The East Window of York Minster is far more than a work of artistic genius, it is a window onto the medieval world and the medieval mind – telling us who were once were and who we still are, all preserved in the most fragile medium of all.
Genre: Documentary, History
Director: Paul Tilzey
Actors: Helen Whittaker, Janina Ramirez, Keith Jones, Nick Teed, Richard Marks, Sarah Brown, Tim Ayers, Tony Cattle, Walter Pinches
