On all my visits to the Minster I had thought that the Dragon’s head was a recent addition, until I looked into it further on my recent visit…
It is thought to be part of a medieval mechanism that raised a font cover that has long since disappeared.
This is almost certainly the remains of an elaborate lifting mechanism for raising, by way of a chain through the dragon’s mouth, the 50ft (15.2m) high cover known to have adorned the medieval font, but lost at the Reformation. *
*From the York Minster guide book.
PS: I have amended my typo as per the first comment 
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2011
This tester by Graeme Wilson is above St Cuthbert’s Chapel. It dates from 1982 and depicts St Cuthbert’s Vision of Heaven with Christ in Glory.
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 12th 2011
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943)
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 11th 2011
I invite you to join me at Vision and Verb, where I talk about the ‘Tree of Light‘ giving hope and purpose at Christmas time to those who are feeling the loss of a loved one.
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The Five Sisters Window is the main feature in the North Transept of York Minster:
Found in the North Transept of the Minster, the Five Sisters Window contains the largest amount of Early English ‘grisaille’ glass in a single window, anywhere in the world. The window was completed in 1260. It consists of five lancets, each of which is fifty feet high and five feet wide, and contains more than 100,000 pieces of glass.
‘Grisaille’ means ‘grey in background’, the groundwork of this type of glass being greyish-white.
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 10th 2011
Tnchick the long standing host of PhotoHunt stepped down last week and by popular request to keep the Hunt alive a new host was voted in. Thank you to Sandi for stepping in so quickly so that PhotoHunt can carry on seamlessly without a break 
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out Whistlestop PhotoHunt.
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