The front or western end. Notice the central heart-shaped stain glass window aka the heart of Yorkshire.
The view inside from the west entrance or western end of the nave. The quire and altar are separated from the nave—you can see the screen cutting across the nave below.
The view inside the quire.
The main entrance on the south side.
The view inside from the south entrance or southern side of the transept.
The Chapter House. This is an octagonal room where high-ranking dudes meet to talk—they all have permanent assigned seats around the perimeter. Right now it's set up for Christmas music events because the acoustics are so good.
Other photogenic details:
I did dig up some interesting facts about the Minster...
•One of the Minster stain glass windows dating from 1320 shows a cock reading and a monkey's funeral. (Can't say I've noticed it, but will definitely be looking next time I'm there)
•The Archbishop of York is appointed by the crown to be head of the Church of England in the Northern Province. His title is Primate of England. (Does this have something to do with the monkey?!)
•York Minster has its own Police Force - one of only two cathedrals in the world to do so. (Bet I can guess the other one)
•York-born actress Judi Dench is the patron of the Friends of York Minster. (There's also a "Dame Judi Dench" walk down by the River Ouse in her honor)
•The Minster has 128 stained glass windows, containing around 2 million separate pieces of glass. It has the largest collection of medieval stained glass in England. (I believe that. The pieces are so small and there's so much lead, you hardly get credit for glass being there at all. During WWII, they took apart the 80 of the most important windows and re-installed after–talk about some time-consuming work. They decided to do restoration at the same time and it took 20 years to get them back to their original places. Some of the medieval stain glass is very impressive–the colors are still incredibly vibrant. Even today, people aren't sure how they made such intense and lasting reds and blues with materials they had at hand–the formula has been lost.)
•The Rose Window has red and and white roses celebrating the end of the War of the Roses after a marriage in the Minster uniting the two warring families of York and Lancaster. (I can't think of a more appropriate reason for a rose window. Believe it or not, the War of the Roses is still alive and well here from a competitive standpoint i.e. sports. Think Elder vs. Moeller, but add in death, a 500yr. history, and an actual reason for the tension. Our cultural lady said we should never bring red roses to someone (York's city emblem is a white rose). It makes a political statement I don't quite understand. I think I would just stick with yellow–the coward's color.)
•The central tower weighs 16,000 tons (It started sinking because of its weight and bad foundations. It led to major repair work to stop it from imploding, which would have taken the whole thing down.)
•It has suffered nine serious fires since its construction–this averages out to one fire every 140 years (Some arson, some lightning. It has a wood roof that always does it in.)
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