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[6021] All Saints, North Street, York : Nine Orders
All Saints, North Street, York.
Nine Orders of Angels Window (detail), c1410-20.
This window was reconstructed from fragments in 1965 following the discovery of a 17th century drawing by Henry Johnston of the window in a complete state. The iconography is that of the Nine Orders of Angels. A representative angel of each order leads a procession of mortals of the appropriate rank in medieval society. From top left to bottom right: the figure representing the Seraphim leads a group of top-level clerics, a Cherubim leads a group of clerks and scholars, while the figure that represents the Thrones leads members of the medieval legal profession. The figure representing the Dominations leads a group including two kings, a pope and an emperor, that representing Principalities leads a group of noblemen, while Powers are represented by an armoured angel who leads a group of priests. The figures that represent the Virtues, Archangels and Angels, are leading groups of average members of medieval York society. First are the middle-aged Burgesses, men like Nicholas Blackburn, who are accompanied by their wives in elaborate headresses. Working men and women are also shown: a labourer with a spade, a North Street tanner with his tools, a woman with a basket and a man holding up a pair of spectacles to his eyes. Perhaps they represent a group of parishioners who paid for the window.
[6021] All Saints, North Street, York : Nine Orders
All Saints, North Street, York.
Nine Orders of Angels Window (detail), c1410-20.
This window was reconstructed from fragments in 1965 following the discovery of a 17th century drawing by Henry Johnston of the window in a complete state. The iconography is that of the Nine Orders of Angels. A representative angel of each order leads a procession of mortals of the appropriate rank in medieval society. From top left to bottom right: the figure representing the Seraphim leads a group of top-level clerics, a Cherubim leads a group of clerks and scholars, while the figure that represents the Thrones leads members of the medieval legal profession. The figure representing the Dominations leads a group including two kings, a pope and an emperor, that representing Principalities leads a group of noblemen, while Powers are represented by an armoured angel who leads a group of priests. The figures that represent the Virtues, Archangels and Angels, are leading groups of average members of medieval York society. First are the middle-aged Burgesses, men like Nicholas Blackburn, who are accompanied by their wives in elaborate headresses. Working men and women are also shown: a labourer with a spade, a North Street tanner with his tools, a woman with a basket and a man holding up a pair of spectacles to his eyes. Perhaps they represent a group of parishioners who paid for the window.