Film

Britain's Most Fragile Treasure

6.0

1h 0m

2011

Synopsis

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.

Director

Paul Tilzey

DocumentaryHistory

Cast & Crew

Janina Ramirez

as Presenter

Tim Ayers

as Self - Centre for Medieval Studies, York

Sarah Brown

as Self - Director, York Glaziers Trust

Tony Cattle

as Self - Glazier

Keith Jones

as Self - Dean of York

Richard Marks

as Self - Art Historian

Walter Pinches

as Self - Glassmaker

Nick Teed

as Self - Senior Conservator

Helen Whittaker

as Self - Stained Glass Artist

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