The Antiquaries Journal

Table of Contents - Volume 88 - 2008  

Research Article

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

Robert Swansona1

a1 Department of Medieval History, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. E-mail: <r.n.swanson@bham.ac.uk>.

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.