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York Glaziers Trust welcomes New College Choristers
Published: on 11th July 2008 by Alix Peacock in Minster News
Today, Friday 11th July, the York Glaziers Trust welcomed a visit from the Choir of New College Oxford. The Trust has recently created a new stained glass window which incorporates fragments of displaced medieval glass retrieved from some recently restored windows at New College. The new window will be placed in the New College Song room, where the choir rehearse. The choir visited the York Glaziers’ Trust workshop to view the newly created window and speak to some of the Glaziers who have helped to design and create it.
The new window depicts an angel along with an inscription which reads “Sing Unto the Lord”. The window has been designed by York Glaziers’ Trust Deputy Senior Conservator Rachel Thomas and has been painted and glazed by staff at York Glaziers’ Trust.
The York Glaziers’ Trust (YGT) is responsible for the preservation and conservation of the stained glass of York Minster, and is also involved in other stained glass restoration and conservation projects throughout the United Kingdom. YGT has now begun the painstaking conservation of York Minster’s Great East Window - a project which is partially funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.