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Fragments of an Indulgence Inscription in a Window at all Saints, North Street, York

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Robert Swanson
Robert Swanson
Affiliation:
Department of Medieval History, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. E-mail: .
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Abstract

This paper reports the identification of some fragments of an inscription now preserved in a window at All Saints, North Street, York, as the remnants of a statement of indulgences to reward prayers before a painted image in a window. As far as is known, this is the only surviving glass to demonstrate the proclamation of indulgences in medieval English church windows, although antiquarian evidence of at least one other is recorded.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 88 , September 2008 , pp. 308 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 2008

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